Is The Recession Really That Bad?

Pretty bad huge disparity between Wall Street and Main Street.

http://stocksonwallstreet.net/2009/09/28/wall-stre...

This is a good chance to help the other people and to show the generocity and kindness.

Hey John … we know the value of your one post and how its worth, so in this way you are contributing indirectly....

Regards, Joe!

Have donated 14$ so far.

Already sent you the email John :)

How is it going john?

Your promotion of Union Gospel Mission's fund raising drive, as well as your commitment to match donations, is a class act. Thanks for providing the leadership. I'm not feeling very flush these days, but you reminded me that I could at least donate a couple of meals.

Another worthy charitable organization here in Vancouver, which you may want to check out is The Harvest Project: http://www.harvestproject.org/
They are a bit more non-denominational, and their mission may appeal to the entrepreneurs who read your site.

The Harvest Project offers "a hand up, not a hand out." Their vision is to help people who hit one of life's crueler bumps when they need it most, so that they don't slip over the edge and end up homeless. They do good work.

I know we've seen our business slow down CONSIDERABLY in the past 12-18 months..

Heck, we did happy hour yesterday at TGI Fridays, and the place was nearly empty! It used to be packed, but I guess that's just another sign of the times. :(

In any event, we sent what we could, as I'm sure every bit helps.

I really want to help those guys,but I don't have so much money in my paypal account.btw,I'm not American.

f you take all the indicaters into account. With ~35% drop on Wall Street & a steady slow fall on very light trading, it don’t look so great. Unemployment is about double the~7% we now have if you factor how it was figured in the 30s into account. Inflation, for the first time since the Great Depression, has been roughly neutral over the past 6 months. This is a world wide recession, I believe the first since just after the end of WW2. All the indicators are still on a downward track. And so far, this time, every time the so called experts have predicted what to expect in the coming months, they have been wrong, wrong, way too optimistically wrong.

So, no, I am not optimistic. I believe it will get a lot worse, but probably not as bad as the 30s.everything including the kitchen sink to unclog this mess. As far as jobs, the best fields right now are healthcare and education. Healthcare is a especially strong field for jobs because the baby boomers are soon to retire. This should pack the hallways of nursing homes and assisted living.

Recession hasn't been bad at all. Infact it turned out to be the best earning days so far. Recession just alerted us all to work much more harder then we usually used to.

Hey John,

Thanksgiving is not until Monday. Why not offer to match donations all the way up to Sunday night so that UGM can earn just a little more money.

It'll also give stragglers a chance to make a donation as the week is coming to an end.

Nice chance for affiliates to give back during this time of the year. I could see the donations growing when Thanksgiving gets closer.

I dont think its to do with recession. I guess it will pick up in a moment.

Well John , the Recession is actually bad. Because it ends up in rising in unemployment rate and bankruptcy. I highly appreciate your post . A mind blowing post and this has so much to think

We just sent you a copy of our receipt. Thanks for doing this!

Thanks for the reminder, John. C$5 from me. Love reading the blog, although I wish you'd do more of the lifestyle stuff again.

I resent my receipt in case you didn't receive it the first time. Everybody must have a paypal account right? It's just $4. If you are reading this blog, you can spare $4 for a good cause.

For those who can't afford to pay $3.29 - I find it hard to believe. You eat don't you? Skip a meal for someone, you'll live!

Anyways, it's a good cause. Donated my very latest affiliate sale cash to em. Should help about 4 people. The link back is an awesome incentive. Good stuff John.

With millions more unemployed than last year and hundreds of thousands around the world losing their homes, I think the recession is pretty bad. There are also more charities than ever which perhaps makes it harder for charities to be noticed.

Hey John ... we know the value of your one post and how its worth, so in this way you are contributing indirectly.

Hats off to you.

I am sorry to hear that the fund raiser is not going so well. I can't give much John, but I will give what I can.

There is no doubt that "Thanksgiving" has to do with giving what u have in church. You have done well if you donated to the church. in fact God always repays a cheerful and benevolent giver.

However, some just donate in order to show off to the world that they are wealthy(i strongly believe that you don not belong to this category of people).

Sometimes, the churches do not use the monies donated to them for God's work. they use it for their selfish gains. It is for this reason that i always advice people to reach out directly to the less privileged on the streets and help them.

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That's too bad to see that, but I only able to help 1 homeless right now, as I need money to pay for my university fees right now. Anyway, hope other richer people could donate more.

Sorry john, my donation go to earthquake in my country first. :D

But, Yah, recession really bad tough.

I wish I could give more because I know what it's like to go hungry and be homeless, but I'm currently unemployed. I can spare $3.29 for someone to have a meal.

I understand non profits and fundraisers took a hit last year too. There's more people finding themselves without a job this season too - they're like miniature charities.

I think there's more mistrust and skepticism these days in believing that many charities and non-profits use most of their donations to keep their very existence alive and do little good for their cause by comparison.

I'd recommend giving locally in most instances where you have a better opportunity to see where your money goes.

I commend you for your offer here too - I think I'll take you up on it as I am in the early stages of bringing my own blog from zero to ??? and I would certainly appreciate a link back. Donation well spent indeed!

I am sad to hear it has not been a huge success. I am glad to have helped and wish I had more to offer.
I love staffing events like that. Too bad I am in TX