[ElectricStrawberry]

To be blunt about it the only economic indicator I care about is my pay stub. It is flat.

You want some cheese and crackers with all that whine? Get another job that has growth. Or you can whine that the gubmint hasn't done it for you.

[Age of Reason]

"Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months."

http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/010682.html

"America’s once mighty job machine is struggling as never before. The combination of subpar job creation and real wage stagnation puts extraordinary pressure on the income-generating capacity of the world’s most aggressive consumer.

"Of course, you’d never know that from the spin that followed the release of the latest monthly labor market surveys . . . . "

http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/20060109-mon.html#anchor0