[SamAdams76]

The economy is taking off so fast that I've been working 12-hour days and hardly have time to post here anymore. Orders in my company are nearly double what they were a year ago at this time. The biggest problem I am dealing with right now is backordered product. Last year my biggest problem was deciding who to laid off (I am a manager there). Now we are hiring.

[537cant be wrong]

i agree with your post.
we are having a heck of a time finding companys in st. louis that we can outsource too, to help us keep up with our customer backlog. also i cant find enough people to staff a third shift let alone enough qualified people to staff my first and second shifts. that 5.6% unemployment is basically full employment. those 5.6% are mostly people who only want to work 2 or 3 days a week for beer and cigarete mony or or ex high paid unionists who refuse to work for anything less than their last overpaid job.

[PogySailor]

Don't get me wrong, anyone with their eyes open can see the economy is hitting on all cylinders. I have had more work in the last 6 months than the past 2 years. I work in data processing services. We are expanding our data centers again to keep up with what is expected to be a large increase in demand over the next few years.

But take a look at this thread to see how the MSM manipulates public opinion. How is the Bush/Cheney team going to combat this full bore effort by the MSM to make the public think we are in a "depression"?

[lilypad]

I work for a boating company, just hired some full time folks the first time in many years. People are spending money on their toys again, in spite of the gas prices which we thought may have been a negative.