Actually, I erred in my previous statement. Unemployment compensation is up to ninety nine weeks now......and that is nothing to laugh about unless you are a Socialist. 'Course you might find that funny, too......
What I find "real funny" is how others expect those who are working and doing just fine to stop spending their money and stop going out and stop getting the good products that they want to use, because the neighbor down the street is out of work ... LOL ...
Heck! During the worst of the Depressions, the Great Depression, at the high point of unemployment, there was 25% of the workforce out of work, and that left the other 75% still making money, still spending money, still paying their bills and still buying stuff they wanted to.
In fact, those were probably the people buying up the stuff that the other 25% were getting rid of.
I suppose you want those who are working and doing just fine, to sit in their houses and moan and groan about it... instead of spending their money in the economy.
And we can clearly see, there's plenty of people able to buy plenty of Apple products and they're doing just fine... thank you... :-)
You make a great point in terms of the majority being employed. I wonder, however, how many of them claim to be unable to afford health insurance, but can go buy the latest and greatest gadgets.
I have an acquaintance who is forever groaning about not making enough money, robbing Peter to pay Paul, but goes to the movies every weekend, eats out every night, etc. She's buried in credit card debt because when she bought her house, she charged them up to buy new furniture for it, too. She voted for Obama, and can't wait to get 'help'. The only help she needs is a budget and the desire to stick to it.
Employment numbers alone don't tell the whole story. While you do make a valid point that the majority continue to be employed, those out there buying the iPad (and bear in mind -- that was first day's sales only) -- are some of them the same ones 'moaning and groaning' about not making ends meet? I'd bet my socks there are a fair few of them.
Excuse me, but where the hell did you get that notion? Just for the record, I retired at 38. I put myself in a position of never having to work again unless I want to. I'm one of the ones that has not been affected one iota by this economic downturn. Jeez, do you ever have a vivid imagination. Give it a rest. Conjuring up these notions about what you think I meant instead of what taking what I wrote at face value really makes you look like an idiot.