Recession ACCELERATED business and money making opportunities.

LB

Thanks.

I know your wife is an Employee. By Isolated I was meaning the Company your wife works for.

See, like Rolexes, there will Always be people who hire cleaners. If their current Cleaner (say a sole owner) doesn't have enough business to stay in business, the client will look elsewhere. So while some businesses loose clients, others gain clients.

Now despite my living in the arsehole end of the world, people who lack funds are the same the world over. They jettison unnecessary spending - generally speaking. So please explain why/how Cleaning (the industry as a whole) is not negatively effected by a recession - and - how during a recession people in the US Now decide to get cleaning done when their dollars are tight and jobs are being lost.

Look at the motor car market. GM wants bailout money. I say, screw 'em. Toyota, Honda, et al don't need it. So obviously, GM isn't competitive enough and if they scale back operations and manufacturing, people will turn to other makes of cars. GM loses, Toyota increases. GM screams recession, Toyota asks What Recession.

Michael Ross

Originally Posted by MichaelRoss

LB

Thanks.

I know your wife is an Employee. By Isolated I was meaning the Company your wife works for.

Not possible. My wife works for a national chain. They've been in business over 25 years and are recognized as one of the top 500 Franchises in America.

LB,

A single company - even national - is NOT the industry as a whole.

Michael Ross

OK, this is purely personal. Not everyone thinks like me, but...

Last Friday I was laid off my day-job at an I.T. consulting firm due to lack of work. Found out at 5 pm. By 5:15 I called our cleaning lady and told her that we were sorry, but we were going to have to do it ourselves until I was back to a normal income.

I live in the U.S. - Illinois (home of the wonderful Governor Blagojevich and many more of the most corrupt politicians on the planet).

Again, this is just one piece of anecdotal evidence. But my reaction seems to be the sensible - and normal one.

Kevin P.

hi guys ....long time no see

keep hearing all these comments about how Honda, Toyaota, Nissan etc. have NO need fo rthe bail out money ....they have all ready recd theirs ...up front ....google honda factory in ____ and see how much money they get PAID to open their factories...which is all bs

they nissan plant here cost the taxpayers 200 MILLION...up front ....plus concessions ....theoritically the average wage was going to be 33 bux an hour ...in truth , it is closer to 13....

honda the same . dont know about ALL of them and certainly am not takin gup for the ford gm idiots...the board of all these should be replaced with average American s ..like me ...at their inflated salaries and perks...

see yall ...

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