I will say though: I wonder how much of this is becoming regional issues. Because obviously all of those stats do exist, I am not denying that. But at least locally for me, everywhere is hiring like crazy (with hiring bonuses and higher wages flying everywhere). There are still a lot of locally owned small businesses being founded. And while I am not going to pretend its all hunky-dorey, it is certainly not as bad as the stats claim they are. And it applies when I go throughout my local region.
So the only conclusion I can come to is that there are places like out here on the Great Plains that are actually still doing well in spite of everything, but that must mean the situations in places like New York and California (who are under direct "enemy" control) is even worse than you can imagine. With some of the stories I have heard coming out of LA and NYC, it probably is.
I'll admit to being completely shocked when I got three job offers in a week right after moving to Florida. That has never happened in the Northwest my entire life.
I got hired in a machine shop with virtually no experience (I didnt know how to use any tool more complex than a wrench and hammer), because they were that desperate for work. Meanwhile, I look at places like NYC and see everywhere closing and double digit unemployment rates.
The system is indeed broken. Just not in the way the Left thinks it is.
Certainly there's a regional effect to all of these. Some places are going to be significantly worse. Around me, there's basically stagnation, but some prices are coming down from their previous highs like food stuffs and gasoline.
It is likely that some places, as you said, are attempting to insulate themselves from the overall market, and as such are being spared some consequences. Other places that are voluntarily locking themselves into the system, might be doing far worse.
I will say though: I wonder how much of this is becoming regional issues. Because obviously all of those stats do exist, I am not denying that. But at least locally for me, everywhere is hiring like crazy (with hiring bonuses and higher wages flying everywhere). There are still a lot of locally owned small businesses being founded. And while I am not going to pretend its all hunky-dorey, it is certainly not as bad as the stats claim they are. And it applies when I go throughout my local region.
So the only conclusion I can come to is that there are places like out here on the Great Plains that are actually still doing well in spite of everything, but that must mean the situations in places like New York and California (who are under direct "enemy" control) is even worse than you can imagine. With some of the stories I have heard coming out of LA and NYC, it probably is.
I'll admit to being completely shocked when I got three job offers in a week right after moving to Florida. That has never happened in the Northwest my entire life.
I got hired in a machine shop with virtually no experience (I didnt know how to use any tool more complex than a wrench and hammer), because they were that desperate for work. Meanwhile, I look at places like NYC and see everywhere closing and double digit unemployment rates.
The system is indeed broken. Just not in the way the Left thinks it is.
Very true.
Certainly there's a regional effect to all of these. Some places are going to be significantly worse. Around me, there's basically stagnation, but some prices are coming down from their previous highs like food stuffs and gasoline.
It is likely that some places, as you said, are attempting to insulate themselves from the overall market, and as such are being spared some consequences. Other places that are voluntarily locking themselves into the system, might be doing far worse.