Unemployment has doubled since the Dems took over

[Tim_T]

No, I was referring about the size of the paper overall. I bought a Lexington Herald today and they combined the city and region with the front page part. I think I just spent my last 75 cents on that thing.

That is because in this economy, nobody is buying ads. Advertising drive the print and television media.

When did the economy go bad again?

[know1]

That is because in this economy, nobody is buying ads. Advertising drive the print and television media.

When did the economy go bad again?

I don't think it's due to the economy. I think it's due to technology. I don't understand why anyone even reads the paper anymore since you can get current news from many sources on demand on the web (computer or smartphone). Why would an advertiser spend money on something that is dying out?

It would be like advertising on the side of a horse and buggy in the 1950s.

I purchased my last newspaper about 8 years ago at least.

[Tim_T]

I don't think it's due to the economy. I think it's due to technology. I don't understand why anyone even reads the paper anymore since you can get current news from many sources on demand on the web (computer or smartphone). Why would an advertiser spend money on something that is dying out?

It would be like advertising on the side of a horse and buggy in the 1950s.

I purchased my last newspaper about 8 years ago at least.

Trust me the print media is going nowhere. Even the papers have web sites and they still have advertisers. Plus, a lot of magazines and newspapers put certaint extras on the web site but leave out valuable content. I am a magzine writer and I can tell you that the economy has hurt because when companies cut their budgets, advertising is one of the first things to get cut. I know of a couple of magazines that went out of business because of the lack of advertising dollars.

[know1]

Trust me the print media is going nowhere. Even the papers have web sites and they still have advertisers. Plus, a lot of magazines and newspapers put certaint extras on the web site but leave out valuable content. I am a magzine writer and I can tell you that the economy has hurt because when companies cut their budgets, advertising is one of the first things to get cut. I know of a couple of magazines that went out of business because of the lack of advertising dollars.

I work for a marketing agency and, while our revenue from clients has been off this year, the type of work we're doing has really shifted away from print and to digital - web, email, etc.. We went from constantly having multiple jobs at our printer to basically only having a print job every few weeks or so.

I still think it has more to do with technology than the economy, but you're correct in that advertising dollars are not as available right now.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Guess they'll try to blame Bush for this too,but it's funny it has only doubled since they took control

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/sto...W4muPMp-A.cspx

Cause 1/2 the unemployed are republicans.

[kyfanatic]

Cause 1/2 the unemployed are republicans.

Yes,and the half working are Republicans too.Last time I checked most Dems stand around waiting for their Govt Check.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Yes,and the half working are Republicans too.Last time I checked most Dems stand around waiting for their Govt Check.

I'm glad I'm not a dem or a republican. I'm a political atheist. That way I get to poke fun at both sides, choose only the proven winners, and jeer the losers after the fact.

As far as I'm concerned, the only folks who ought run this country wear Colts uniforms!

Manning for President!

Freeney for Secretary of Defense!

Reggie Wayne for Director of the IRS.....he's a great reciever!

[Tom523]

Cause 1/2 the unemployed are republicans.

That is a self defeating statement. What if 3/4 of your neighborhood were republicans and unemployed and their houses were being foreclosed. What would that do to the value of your own home?

[pontooner]

Guess they'll try to blame Bush for this too,but it's funny it has only doubled since they took control

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/sto...W4muPMp-A.cspx

Here's the problem I have with most post on here. People paint the pitcure with one broad stroke and neglect the fact it takes many strokes to complete the whole picture. Things like this don't instantly happen because one party just took control, you know it, I know it and everyone knows it.

Why don't you explain exactly how this is all the Dems fault in detail instead of just looking at some numbers and then saying the Dems are in power so it has to be all their fault. That would be much more useful to most people on here.

I mysef believe there is plenty of blame to go around for most of todays problems.

[kyfanatic]

Here's the problem I have with most post on here. People paint the pitcure with one broad stroke and neglect the fact it takes many strokes to complete the whole picture. Things like this don't instantly happen because one party just took control, you know it, I know it and everyone knows it.

Why don't you explain exactly how this is all the Dems fault in detail instead of just looking at some numbers and then saying the Dems are in power so it has to be all their fault. That would be much more useful to most people on here.

I mysef believe there is plenty of blame to go around for most of todays problems.

Well now,isn't that a double standard compared to the Bush administration?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/eco...or_contra.html

Facts are : Since Obama was elected the Stock Market dropped like a rock,Outsourcing of jobs has doubled,Unemployment has more than doubled,Our Debt National Debt has nearly Tripled with no end to the spending in sight,There has been little creation of new jobs and likely won't be with the burdens Obama and co. are placing on business and if Cap and Trade passes it will get worse.

[kyfanatic]

Obama just approved 165,000 new H1-B visas (March 31) and that certainly means that 165,000 American technology sector workers will join the better than 4.5 million American's loosing their job as a direct consequence of this program

[Chubminnow]

I dislike having Nobama for our President, period!...with this being said I really don't know WHY we're having such problems in America today. I don't know if we can blame it all on Bush...I know we certainly can't put ALL the blame on Nobama cause this mess had already started it's snowball headed for hell approach long before he took office. It's much more than a Dem verses Repub thing, in my opinion the roots of this problem go far deeper than that.

I don't like to admit it, and I'm not about to turn about face and start liking the elected officials we have running our government at the present time, but I truly do think Nobama has tried doing at least SOMETHING to try to get this big ol' USA Consumer machine back on the right track, granted I don't like the things he has done to try getting this country rolling again, but I believe he has at least been trying.

I find it very hard to believe anyone (was it Bernanke?) would go on national television or stand in front of news media or whatever and declare the recession has reached bottom and is now retreating, because let me tell you what, in my neighborhood the economy is still bad and the recession ain't over. From what I'm seeing in my line of work (construction), if there are any signs of a recovery they must be just about the size of a pinhead blip on a radar screen, cause right now it's still dog eat dog and I feel like I'm wearin' milkbone underwear, companies are taking projects for little of nothing just so they can keep their doors. It's still VERY tough out there from everything I'm seeing.