How is the economic recovery working for You?

I can find a temp job, but going from temp job to temp job is no way to live.

no way to live I agree

Money? WTH is that?

Not doing bad but then Im located in one of the states that are really bringing in new jobs and new businesses.One that the unemployment level is dropping and the housing market is starting to slowly recover. None of that due to the President but mainly due to our past Governor who was very business friendly and a current Governor who is also somewhat business friendly.

I have had to be resourceful about getting more money than what I am being paid. Every time I turn around the price of everything goes up.

Great, and you?

please share your secret.

Do your own research, stock brokers are bookies with a fancy title, meaning if you gain or lose they get paid. The indicators for the real estate market were there, sold an over priced condo just before the crash. Recommendations from your broker, research it, remember he gets paid either way

that is not the point. Many people do not have that luxury to start. Living day to day and no chance to ever even get to that level of savings. Do you get what I am saying? Don't get me started with the real estate market. I have a wealth of information concerning that issue. Thank you for response non the less

I was taught at a very early age to always save at least 15% of my salary, that is how I got my start. Even now, I live well below my means

frankly I saved 16 % and know the program. I sacrificed much to that including putting several children through college. Paid handsomely. I am educated and saved for my retirement and the bottom fell out of the savings and housing market which is where many thought they had sound investment in their homes and property.

Don't get me wrong, I live well and am not suffering by any means however the money that was accounted for is no longer there. Do you understand?

Actually ..
WHAT 'recovery'?

I'm holding my own ..
because .. let's face it ..
I'm making CHOICES judiciously ..
living frugally .. below my means ..
(the TAXES at all levels went UP .. the bills went UP .. yet .. income is flat .. )

(quite frankly .. we're in a Depression .. and losing ground)

WHAT RECOVERY ?!!???!?!?
I am barely making my bills, my food cost has gone UP so has my energy cost, and gas is at $3.64 a gal....
But hold on, congress and the rest of government STILL get THEIR cost of living increase, and the union thugs still are doing fine on OUR the tax payer bailouts...
On Nov 2012 vote as if your child's lives depend on it.....because it does..
Better to die on your feet a free person than to live on your knees a slave..

Yes everyone of those in the political arena are untouched by this recession (as they refer to it) while the rest of us cut back. I don't see any of them cutting back.

That is what we really need is politicians who take no pay or benefits and are there to follow the constitution...time to get rid of their free ride and the lobbbyest who bribe them..

well I know gov Romney declined accepting pay checks

As they say, the best leaders are those who lead by example....Let us hope that others will follow...

I have less money this year, but I can still pay bills. No money for thrills though.

Just lost my second job since Obama took office. I think I'll sit on my A## now and let the Obama supporters, support me !

I hope something will come along for you.

Thank you, you're kind.

I retired 3 September 2010, the recovery summer!

we all have our circumstances ...and trying to survive ...!

I have gone through my savings, and barely holding on...

I have dodged the "right-sizing" and navigated the reorganizations that have seen my department go from 20+ down to four. No less work, mind you, just fewer hands to do it and lower expectations regarding the results.

Why has obama gotten by with his EO and went around the Contitution I do not understand how a President could turn in states to the UN !!!!! Why is Hollywood and newsmedia kissing his butt ???? Dividing up the country Relations between Republicans and Democrats and blacks and whites are worse than at any time in my lifetime Nothing Obama promised has been accomplished. Furthermore, much of what he did added to the country's problems.
I just don't care anymore and I do not understand any of it I am voting Obama out in Nov that is the answer to our country's problems !!!!!!

he apparently has the sheeples well programmed ...and the rest have given up ...

Going pretty well, of course I'm retired so it hasn't affected me as much, but everyone in my extended family is also doing well.. Since the recession ended in 2009, most economists have said the recovery would be slow..

atest economic data have been decisively disappointing," Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, wrote in a client note.

JPMorgan Chase sharply reduced its growth forecast for the July-September quarter to a 2 percent annual rate, down from 3 percent. It cited the weaker U.S. hiring and a likely drop in U.S. exports related to slower growth overseas.

Rotten May jobs report underscores weak recovery
U.S. economy: Return of the double-dip?

And JPMorgan Chase now forecasts growth of 2.1 percent for 2012, down from 2.3 percent.

Julia Coronado, an economist at BNP Paribas in New York, said she now expects growth of 2.2 percent this year, down from her previous forecast of 2.4 percent. She also revised down her estimate of growth in the April-June quarter to a 2.2 percent annual rate, from a 2.5 percent rate.

http://www.economy.com/dismal...

Most indicators are now saying the economic outlook is not good...but you can believe what you want..

I'm sorry did I say somewhere that it was?

Since the recession ended in 2009, most economists have said the recovery would be slow..

slow are you kidding me it is backward momentum and too much backpeddaling to get us on the forward track. The recession never ended. That is just more double talk and media making us believe that the political nvolvement has nothing to do with high gas prices and loss of jobs and people losing their homes. think about that end in 2009 and realize that was just the beginning and the numbers that are now on welfare and unemployme. Obama has offered us nothing. He maintains and clings to big government which is paid for by taxpayers who are jobless

No sorry to be backward would mean we are in another recession, we're NOT.. That's a fact, check out the NBER.

Working hard, doing my best, I've gotten myself out of the dark now. Soon my next degree will enable me to live into somewhere else, it's so close, but seems so far!

I'm "Under-employed." I have work, but not much. So the feds consider me employed, even though 4 years ago I had full-time work. These are the worst economic times I've seen during my nearly 53 years of life. Therefore, I have no choice but to vote Obama out.

the feds consider any one working more than 15 hrs full time .those on disability "doing ok"
and therefore dont register on the UNEMPLOYED RANKS ...

but disability is up to 31 million from 20mil 4 yrs ago ...and food stamps @ 46 million & growing .( then if ya make elss than 2,500 some stated to 3,500 others you qualify for EBT )

the dems love all the votes from folks afflicted in these areas !

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There is NO "economic recovery". More like "economic avalanche".

Recovery Summer Biden screamed about did not happen !!!!!!

WASHINGTON, DC – The Administration today kicks off “Recovery Summer,” a six-week-long focus on the surge in Recovery Act infrastructure projects that will be underway across the country in the coming months – and the jobs they’ll create well into the fall and through the end of the year. The Recovery Act has already funded tens of thousands of projects and put about 2.5 million Americans to work, but summer 2010 is actually poised to be the most active Recovery Act season yet, with tens of thousands of projects underway across the country that will help to create jobs for American workers and economic growth for businesses, large and small.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the...