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I'm in low volume electronics manufacturing. Sometimes it's not even cost effective to pick-n-place circuit boards, rather have someone stuff a PCB by hand. T

I'm in low volume electronics manufacturing. Sometimes it's not even cost effective to pick-n-place circuit boards, rather have someone stuff a PCB by hand. The USA has probably moved to a lot of low-volume manufacturing. Could be that people are not buying as much stuff. I have read that credit card debt is back to 2008 levels. Maybe everyone is maxed out; not good.

geggam 8y ago
Where I live people are on facebook selling home cooked food and offering to do handy man work. Jobs I grew up with in fast food that could be relied on to provide 38 or so hrs a week now provide my teenagers 16-20. The teenagers are competing with adults for the jobs. I am of the opinion outside metropolis areas the entire nation is running on Empty as far as finance goes. The people I know who live here and work normal blue collar jobs run just under the max on their credit cards and keep alive by paying minimum. Opening new lines of credit to pay for emergencies Granted this is only my personal experiences but its common enough its disturbing. When people run out of money to buy things what happens ?
- benploni 8y ago
  Something about your post made be literally anxious, like to the point of affecting my breathing.
  - Brockenstein 8y ago
    Worried about the next big recession and whether or not you'll end up in a shanty town.
- erikpukinskis 8y ago
  When they run out of money, they become illegal and then are detained. As soon as they need to defecate they will be breaking the law. So usually after losing your money you become a criminal within 24 hours. If they keep trying to “sell food” or other illegal activities out of their home, they will be put in prison.
  - geggam 8y ago
    Glad to see I am not the only person who is aware of this.
- Aloha 8y ago
  I noticed this in a more meta sense - in 2015 I did a cross country road trip, I noticed it was rare in most rural areas to see a building that was newer than 1975, that wasnt obviously built with outside funding.
- pixl97 8y ago
  >running on Empty as far as finance goes. Only if. How about trillions in debt instead.

geggam 8y ago

Where I live people are on facebook selling home cooked food and offering to do handy man work. Jobs I grew up with in fast food that could be relied on to provide 38 or so hrs a week now provide my teenagers 16-20. The teenagers are competing with adults for the jobs. I am of the opinion outside metropolis areas the entire nation is running on Empty as far as finance goes. The people I know who live here and work normal blue collar jobs run just under the max on their credit cards and keep alive by paying minimum. Opening new lines of credit to pay for emergencies Granted this is only my personal experiences but its common enough its disturbing. When people run out of money to buy things what happens ?

benploni 8y ago
Something about your post made be literally anxious, like to the point of affecting my breathing.
- Brockenstein 8y ago
  Worried about the next big recession and whether or not you'll end up in a shanty town.
erikpukinskis 8y ago
When they run out of money, they become illegal and then are detained. As soon as they need to defecate they will be breaking the law. So usually after losing your money you become a criminal within 24 hours. If they keep trying to “sell food” or other illegal activities out of their home, they will be put in prison.
- geggam 8y ago
  Glad to see I am not the only person who is aware of this.
Aloha 8y ago
I noticed this in a more meta sense - in 2015 I did a cross country road trip, I noticed it was rare in most rural areas to see a building that was newer than 1975, that wasnt obviously built with outside funding.
pixl97 8y ago
>running on Empty as far as finance goes. Only if. How about trillions in debt instead.