I was OK in 2000 but I was rockin' hard in the 90s... so its been a longer decline than I can hang on this administration if that is where you were going with that 8yr part.
Me? I am just reporting what is written, nothing more. I could care less, I was broke then and I am broke now. If the US economy goes into the crapper I know where to get the toilet paper.
John Brown wrote:
Me? I am just reporting what is written, nothing more. I could care less, I was broke then and I am broke now. If the US economy goes into the crapper I know where to get the toilet paper.
Got it. I missed the part where you were just pasting from somewhere else. I am still confuzed by that last line though. Do you have a secret cache of toilet paper somewhere?
i would've guessed loan paperwork
Yeah, OK. But, how much did trebuchets cost in 2001? That's what I want to know. 
cwh
Dork
10/2/08 9:17 p.m.
That's why when I started my new business in April, I concentrated on EXPORT! Maybe not perfect, but my clients are not hit nearly as hard as American businesses have been.
EastCoastMojo wrote:
Yeah, OK. But, how much did trebuchets cost in 2001? That's what I want to know.
Not sure about trebuchets, but there is a full size ballista for sale on eBay..
Datsun1500 wrote:
But you did have more to pay for it. Average US wage in 2001 was $34,819, 2008 is $50,213.
Nice huh?
is that in inflation adjusted dollars? I think not. citation?
^+1 I thought "real wages" are down.
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b00-0000
Mean annual 2007 $40,690, I cannot find the same report for 1997 and 1987 but I will work on it while I am not working.
In my line of work, poor economic times don't effect my bottom line at all. It's quite a lucrative business. <------- (it's dealing drugs)
The argument I bring up is Cost vs. Wage vs. Hours Worked.
Products cost more BY PERCENTAGE of our income and I am working MORE to earn my wage increase.
