The Decline: The Geography Of A Recession

Published by Dick Schaefer,

Date:  1/29/2011
Post:  1,591

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were nearly 31 million people unemployed (as of August, 2010) -- that's including those involuntarily working part time and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid animated 
representation of just how much. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- approximately one year before the start of the recession -- to the most recent unemployment data available in August of 2010.  Unemployment has not improved since this animation was created.  If anything it has deteriorated further.  Original link: www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofareces­sion.html . For more information, email latoya.egwuekwe@yahoo.com.



Commentary: 

Pretty sad, isn't it?!  The politicians on a national, state, county and local level have promised you that they are working hard for their constituents to bring jobs to your community.  Have you seen them do anything?  Have you seen any positive results? 

The lesson in all of this is that we need to rely upon ourselves vs. politicians or the government.  That's what our fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers did.  They build this nation on their own self-reliance and grit.  And that's exactly what we need to do in our generation!

If you're waiting on your local Chamber of Commerce to do something, don't hold your breath.  If you are waiting on the Gasconade County IDA, GVEZ and the politicians who sit on their boards to do something, don't hold your breath.  If you're waiting on your representatives in the Missouri State legislature to bring jobs to your local area, don't hold your breath.  If you are waiting for the U.S. Congress and President Obama to do something which actually works, you may find yourself waiting a long, long time!

Folks, you are going to have to DO for yourselves!  Start a small business and control your own destiny!  No capital to start a traditionl business?  Don't let that stand in your way!  Grants and low-interest business loans are available.  You have to search and find them!  Another option is to start a non-traditional network marketing business.  These type of businesses require no large outlays for inventory, overhead, employees, utilities, insurance and physical infrastructure.  They are home-based businesses which anyone with a little imagination and motivation can start. 

If you are reading this article and you are thinking that you would like to start a small business, I would be happy to offer thoughts and advice based upon my own experience as a corporate manager, a financial services representative and a network marketing business owner.  A small business of your own can be very satisfying and very profitable IF you are not afraid of hard work.  Robert T. Kiyosaki, himself a successful business man, investor, and author of the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" book series, has written in his most recent book that "network marketing is the business opportunity of the 21st. century"!
Don't wait on anyone else to help you find a good-paying job!  Take the bull by the horns, and make something happen on your own!

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