Perusing the paper today, there were two stories next to each other on the same page. One was outlining how so many more folks are having to use the local foodbanks because they can't make their money stretch after paying bills and then how many folks ordered the new iPhone and what a record it was.
Wow...some folks are spending big bucks on technology while others are struggling to eat. Wonder what's in between?
What a strange economy!
September 18th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
September 19th, 2012 at 12:45 am 1348015522
So many jobs are gone forever and so many jobs available need skills, education and experience that is lacking. The immigrants are still doing the jobs that middle class just won't do. Middle class workers just won't believe they are one month from the food bank should things go awry. What I was wondering...if you get a new Apple 5, does that re-set your phone contract for another 3 yrs?
September 19th, 2012 at 01:10 am 1348017049
I could go on and on and on...
September 19th, 2012 at 01:55 am 1348019729
If you get the new iPhone5 it resets your contract for two years, although you can be eligible for upgrade in 20 months.
September 19th, 2012 at 04:41 am 1348029715
September 19th, 2012 at 08:59 am 1348045157
September 19th, 2012 at 07:28 pm 1348082937
I think the last commenter nails it on the head though. Easy credit makes for extremely strange economics. "Poverty" today looks VERY different than it did several decades ago. I don't know how it will all shake out in the end. I don't think that easy credit is a good thing. Maybe it is from the standpoint of keeping food on the table. But other than that, it leads to denial denial denial. Then bankruptcy and start over again. I just don't see any accountability. I am thankful for social security for maybe keeping all my peers off the streets at retirement age. I don't know if it will be enough. I've watched several people ask for handouts while driving luxury vehicles. I've watched several people foreclose on their homes and then go out and buy bigger and more expensive homes. None of it makes any sense. But that's what credit allows.
September 22nd, 2012 at 11:24 am 1348313086
September 23rd, 2012 at 02:42 am 1348368124
I have noticed that nowadays, people seem to believe they are entitled to the necessities, and their "own money" gets to be used for luxuries. The rest of us who are paying for the necessities are getting fed up with providing for the ungrateful deadbeats. A change is coming because this situation cannot be sustained.
September 24th, 2012 at 12:27 am 1348446457