I bitch about the Economy because I don’t know what else to do.

NEWS FLASH!

I’m a dreamer stuck in a Dystopian reality

Graphic Design is now Web Design

Web Design is now Web Development

So you are now unqualified for a webdesign job if you don’t know html 1-5, XML, CSS 1-3, Java, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, Java, C#, Actionscript 1-3(4 coming), MySQL and Ruby on Rails, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop? And even more impressively someone with this skill set is only deserving of $25 MAXIMUM SALARY!!! LOL What the Fuck?!

Another reason I’m whining is because I can’t fit all of this into Twitter but that’s neither her nor there.

What is one to do?

I want to get pissed at employers but if they don’t have resources to hire 3 different experts or professionals, they have  little choice but to do this- take the job requirements of 3 positions and squeeze them into one. And of course, this penny-pinching mentality has extended beyond hiring practices.  For instance, look at the healthcare field. I know nurses who tell me when a staff member leaves they are not being replaced as they used to do in the past. The  hospital administration is leaving the position vacant and asking the nurses and other workers on the floor to take care of more patients. I’ve heard this from my peers who are teachers; school admins are taking the same measures to cut down on spending. O yea, this is why I never bitched and moaned about the economy last year like I did in prior years.  I don’t have any frickin solutions! Who does except for the vocal few(Ron Paul, Max Keiser, et al) who are marginalized by less rational voices and opinions(all the people who voted for Newt Gingrich and Romney in the primaries WOW). I believe if Ron Paul ran as a democrat he’d have a much more successful presidential campaign.

Great Depression II

Great Depression 2

Let me make a few predictions for 2009.

I wish I had finished this earlier, for I have predicted a few things which have already come true. For example:

I knew Fedor would beat Arlovski at Affliction Day of Reckoning. I didn’t know how. But I predicted the fight would probably not make it out of the 1st round. And I was right.

Ok. I predict African Origins will be one of the most prominent and dominant emcees in Southern Hip Hop history this year. It’s gonna happen. Trust me.

And oh yeah. I predict a Great Depression II.

Peter Schiff predicts housing bubble and recession:

 

Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Nouriel Roubini predicted this recession which the Mainstream Media denied for 2 years. And low and behold we have a recession. Now the same people are predicting a Depression if Government keeps up the bail out strategy.

Reasons cited for upcoming Depression.

2.6 million jobs lost since January 2008.(link)

Forclosures won’t stop rising. (link)

We’ve become a consumer nation as opposed to a nation which produces. After outsourcing all the manufacturing jobs overseas. Americans consume a lot more than they produce all on credit. So now it’s time to pay. Oops, there’s no real money. 

The government(Bush and more recently Obama administration) believes certain entities are too big to fail. Wallstreet got a 750+ Billion dollar bail out while the auto industry has to have hearings sell their private jets etc etc. Experts(the ones whom predicted this predicament) believe the market will correct itself. Housing will come back to it’s actual value as opposed to inflated prices. Companies dying can die and rebuild or die and spring new companies elsewhere. But the GOVT will not allow this to happen. Prolonging the process. So bad assets stay companies that should’ve failed remain and they will fail again and ask for more bail out money.

C U all later. I’m working on new stuff, so stay tuned. You can contact me on my myspace. Till next time. I’ll try to have more solutions for you; I need more research though. Peace.