tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post2152103801734521568..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: Little bads.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-34837436248290815562009-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:00I'm telling you, many of these chains are goin...I'm telling you, many of these chains are going that direction, because they were built as Ponzi schemes, and founded on debt.<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>Little people such as yourself get in a snit thinking about 'easy-money' that created the bend-bubble 2002->2006 where every hair-lip in Bend was given a wheel-barrel of money without a job, and bad credit, ... to move out of their rented mill-shack, and into a Siberian east SE27th Bend STD McMansion, ... all laughed.<BR/><BR/>The thing that nobody talks about and nobody understands, is that 20+ years ago hair-lip corps like Blockbuster, GI-JOES, Monaco-Coach, Les Schwab, ... et-al were given unlimited easy-money, ... where they built stores and expanded capacity, ... no wonder that post 911 BUSH opened the spigot so little people could BUY more.<BR/><BR/>Then along came the dreaded 2007/2008 credit-contraction, where everybody that need DEBT in order to live DIED. So how many? More than 1/2 of Bend citizenry will die on the vine, the but CORPORATIONS, perhaps 90% will die, which of course means no jobs. <BR/><BR/>The future Bend will be those with utility, and/or city/county/state jobs, all else will eat at the soup kitchen.<BR/><BR/>What took so long for people to see the light? For a week now its been Obama-vs-Limbaugh, but they're both owned by the same corporations that are now bankrupt.<BR/><BR/>The coming years are going to be ugly? How ugly? Just look closely at Iceland or Ireland today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-27663532567433475812009-03-05T10:27:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:27:00.000-08:00I'm glad I was a "freak" and planned for the "next...I'm glad I was a "freak" and planned for the "next great depression" several years ago. I think you'll also be happy you've thought ahead.<BR/><BR/>So many in Bend haven't :(Lil Ole Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050095046871127008noreply@blogger.com