The crowds! They are everywhere. All shopping - packed. All dining - packed. Reservations up and rental companies adding staff to keep pace. In sowal at least, consumer confidence appears to be way up. Your thoughts?
Okay, I'm calling it - recession's over
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traffic is way up too...
Silly girl, it wasn't a recession, it was winter.
Silly girl, it wasn't a recession, it was winter.
Yep, a 4-year winter - and a cold one, too.
It's a procession.
recessions over? kansas city closing 1/2 there schools next year. almost every state from cal to new jersey in massive crisis mode and about to cut jobs and expenses left and right. real unemployment 17%.consumer confidence and housing #'s still near there all time lows.i think you're mistaken $12 trillion of fed spending that has indebted our country to the wall for life with a real economic recovery.actually i'm willing to bet we're another japan due to the feds senseless and irresponsible spending. the country has yet again refused to pay the piper and has just insured this takes much longer to get out of.
In my view, what's happening may be that people who are doing OK (and OK enough) are feeling more confident to take a vacation. And SoWal is a great deal. Many rentals in SoWal are still rented for lower rates than in 2005 (mine are) because of the economy. So, for people who can take a vacation, many of them are getting a great vacation at a great rate. Next year, my guess is rental rates will start inching in (and probably have already this year a bit).
There's a certain segment of the population that is finding this a perfect time to vacation.
There's a certain segment of the population that is finding this a perfect time to vacation.
No end of recession here. Contracts just came out for faculty. Second year in a row with no increases for anyone. The dean said we're lucky that there were no decreases. Newer faculty were hired in having to teach three semester hours less than the rest of us, presumably so they'd spend that extra time publishing papers. Most didn't. So they all are being required to teach the same number of semester hours we are, for no additional pay. Actually the new hires were brought in at six figures, so they started out making about as much as we are. They'll be the first to go because they don't have tenure.
Classrooms are being rearranged so that we can teach larger sections of classes. Small classes are being cancelled. Things will really get bad if the state legislature decides to stop giving automatic pay increases to teachers who get advanced degrees (masters, MAT, and Ed.S.). About 20% of our students are students in that situation. They will go bye-bye if the state legislature decides that pay increases should be based on merit, not degrees. If they go bye-bye, we're in trouble.
The state university system is considering drastic changes to save money. It's scary right now in education. Thank God I have tenure and can teach in three areas: computer science (M.S.), mathematics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), and education (all but thesis for a M.A. in education -- quit the degree because it was so easy that it was an insult to my intelligence). Also I can teach some engineering courses (played around in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at UF for a while).
Classrooms are being rearranged so that we can teach larger sections of classes. Small classes are being cancelled. Things will really get bad if the state legislature decides to stop giving automatic pay increases to teachers who get advanced degrees (masters, MAT, and Ed.S.). About 20% of our students are students in that situation. They will go bye-bye if the state legislature decides that pay increases should be based on merit, not degrees. If they go bye-bye, we're in trouble.
The state university system is considering drastic changes to save money. It's scary right now in education. Thank God I have tenure and can teach in three areas: computer science (M.S.), mathematics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), and education (all but thesis for a M.A. in education -- quit the degree because it was so easy that it was an insult to my intelligence). Also I can teach some engineering courses (played around in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at UF for a while).
Tell that to my grandson who graduated from OSU almost two years ago with a 5 year engineering technology degree, immediately went to work in Tulsa and the company folded about six months later. He's been unemployed ever since. If you're employed but things are bad, its a recession. If you become unemployed, its a depression.
You're right about here, though. I think some are spending it while the have it. It seems to be the right thing to do these days, whether you have it or not.
You're right about here, though. I think some are spending it while the have it. It seems to be the right thing to do these days, whether you have it or not.