Economy

BallardWA

(97 posts) Sun May 28, 2017, 11:08 PM May 2017

An update from the field

Oh, geez, I wish I knew how add to my original post, but, alas I do not.
We are a small business that started to feel the chill right after the
orange one took the pResidency.

I'm here to report that I have finally found that other artisans we work
with are ready to talk. Working in high-end construction, it's hard to
trust, as so many of us are still scrambling up from the last financial
disaster.

The last artisan I spoke to in confidence said it most plainly:
"It feels like 2008 all over again". These are good people. We
work with our hands. Yes, we're considered artists, but - we serve
the rich. The rich are not spending. Period.

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An update from the field (Original Post) BallardWA May 2017 OP

Trickle down economics has been shown to be a failure, time and time again still_one May 2017 #1

Thanks for this. You can 'edit' your original post, elleng May 2017 #2

Thank you for speaking your truth. These things are reported less and less Lyricalinklines May 2017 #3

hey nobody knows whats going on day to day with the country, including your patrons lunasun May 2017 #4

Same in real estate all over. sharedvalues May 2017 #5

still_one

(92,217 posts)

1. Trickle down economics has been shown to be a failure, time and time again

Reply to BallardWA (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 11:12 PM

May 2017

To add to your original post, you select "edit post" at the bottom of your original post

elleng

(130,964 posts)

2. Thanks for this. You can 'edit' your original post,

Reply to BallardWA (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 11:17 PM

May 2017

or simply 'reply' to it.

That, of course, is the problem: The rich don't spend, the remaining 90% of us HAVE to spend. No doubt 2008 all over again, easily predictable.

Lyricalinklines

(367 posts)

3. Thank you for speaking your truth. These things are reported less and less

Reply to BallardWA (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 11:28 PM

May 2017

yet are integral to the full economic picture. I know 9 small business owners (Eastern Washington area and less than 15 employees) saying the same thing - business is lagging/declining. Leads dried up. Businesses cutting back on purchasing in expectation of coming legislation. They are in various industries - denture making, book binding/printing, agriculture, cleaning.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

4. hey nobody knows whats going on day to day with the country, including your patrons

Reply to BallardWA (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 11:39 PM

May 2017

who would be confident of what will be going on 6 months from now?
MAGA?

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

5. Same in real estate all over.

Reply to BallardWA (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2017, 12:03 AM

May 2017

We may be in a recession now.

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