Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Coming Around to Reality

I have been complaining loudly that Wall Street and the Bush and Obama Administrations have all under-forecast the unemployment coming at the U.S.


Remember, these guys cannot come out and say what is really on their minds.  They can't serve 2 masters:  Truth and their paycheck.  9.4% unemployment?  In their f$#%@!! dreams!  The REAL number, including under-employed and discourage workers no longer seeking employment will be 17 to 20%.  When last reported (for last month) that figure stood at 14.8%.  That is the REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.  That is the statistic that SHOULD be compared to the 1930's unemployment data.  The thing with our society and all our special interest groups is that we have learned to SPIN, OBFUSCATE, and DECEIVE ourselves into believing anything, and that if we scream it loud and often enough (Yes We Can!), well, it will make it so.

Sorry.  NAFC.

Mentatt (at) yahoo (d0t) com


7 comments:

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Anonymous said...

It struck me this morning that it is perhaps due to Constraints vs Restraints.
If they admit to the restraint of the impossibility of continued growth in a closed system, they admit there can be no more business as usual, and that the only option is to downsize everything. Instead they focus on constraints which allow them to prescribe remedies and keep up appearances and appear to be in control of things.
However by admitting to their inability to control forces bigger than themselves, they would help a transition into a more sustainable future and help people to take control of their own affairs.
Highly unlikely though as in would also hand over control and power into peoples hands and out of the governments.

A Quaker in a Strange Land said...

oOOo:

I love it: "Constraints vs Restraints". You have a background in mathematics?

If you would, perhaps you could expound on the idea further as a guest post.

Anonymous said...

Not much mathematics for me except for some website coding, it's just logic really. Common sense once you zoom out a bit. And then zoom out a bit further.
Common sense doesnt seem to be so common anymore though due to so much conditioning and so much bombardment of nonsense.
Thanks for asking to write a guest post, but writing is not really my forte.
Without actually mentioning Constraints vs Restraints in such terms, this article sums up what i would say, better than I could say it myself:
http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&Itemid=1

Anonymous said...

Do feel free to run with the idea on your own though if u like.

A Quaker in a Strange Land said...

In any event, I loved it: "Constraints vs Restraints". Brilliant!

Anonymous said...

thanks for sharing.......

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