You may have heard about how unemployment figures are "less bad". You may have heard about people whose spending is up. You may have heard the President claim that he has "saved us from the brink".
You may have heard about the Tea Party on the National Mall last Saturday. You may have heard that Congressman Joe Wilson called the President a liar during the joint session of Congress. You may have heard that stores in your town continue to close and people you know lost their jobs. You may have heard someone you know receive their paycheck back for "insufficient funds".
So what do you trust? That's a really tough call. I have been in the market for a home since March of this year, and the number of homes that fit my criteria has been consistently near 60, despite turnover and despite the increase in sales. I have not been my ward's employment specialist for several months now, but so many members of my church ward are unemployed that when someone gets one it warrants a general huzzah and announcement in our meetings. I have taken a 5% pay cut, been subjected to an increase into retirement from 10.5% to 11.25%, seen Nevada raise sales tax from 7.75% to 8.1%, and had my insurance premium payment rise $35/month. Taken together, this means I take home $150 less per month, plus gas is on the rise again.
When a friend of mine showed me this story, I thought it was interesting. Shipping magnate Maersk (formerly famous for Obama and the pirates), the Singapore shipyard, and the presence of these ships themselves prove that the economy continues to suffer under the present policies. The story predicts that the size of this idle fleet will double in the next year. That's not a recovery in my book. Some of these ships are oil tankers. I don't know about you, but we could use that oil...
Interestingly enough, we see that the shipping rates have dropped as per this story. That doesn't do much good if there is no demand.
Mr. President- give us our money back so we can stimulate the economy ourselves.
Obama lied. The economy died.
Their pictures are really good. I have moved them to preserve them for when the story goes inactive. They are property of the UK Daily Mail. Interesting how we can trust the British to read us the straight story but not our own fearless leader.
You may have heard about the Tea Party on the National Mall last Saturday. You may have heard that Congressman Joe Wilson called the President a liar during the joint session of Congress. You may have heard that stores in your town continue to close and people you know lost their jobs. You may have heard someone you know receive their paycheck back for "insufficient funds".
So what do you trust? That's a really tough call. I have been in the market for a home since March of this year, and the number of homes that fit my criteria has been consistently near 60, despite turnover and despite the increase in sales. I have not been my ward's employment specialist for several months now, but so many members of my church ward are unemployed that when someone gets one it warrants a general huzzah and announcement in our meetings. I have taken a 5% pay cut, been subjected to an increase into retirement from 10.5% to 11.25%, seen Nevada raise sales tax from 7.75% to 8.1%, and had my insurance premium payment rise $35/month. Taken together, this means I take home $150 less per month, plus gas is on the rise again.
When a friend of mine showed me this story, I thought it was interesting. Shipping magnate Maersk (formerly famous for Obama and the pirates), the Singapore shipyard, and the presence of these ships themselves prove that the economy continues to suffer under the present policies. The story predicts that the size of this idle fleet will double in the next year. That's not a recovery in my book. Some of these ships are oil tankers. I don't know about you, but we could use that oil...
Interestingly enough, we see that the shipping rates have dropped as per this story. That doesn't do much good if there is no demand.
Mr. President- give us our money back so we can stimulate the economy ourselves.
Obama lied. The economy died.
Their pictures are really good. I have moved them to preserve them for when the story goes inactive. They are property of the UK Daily Mail. Interesting how we can trust the British to read us the straight story but not our own fearless leader.
The Ghost Fleet
See how empty they are?
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