US is no longer the same

[Tacoma_34]

In 2002 my $25 grocery is good for one week but now its $80 a week. Its a shrinking economy. I wonder whats next for the next 5 years.

[onat_1]

ya men,same here sa west coast gas is so high wage is the same so walang nangyayari,and "dubya" wont bulge about the economy just iraq muna ang focus not the ordinary JOE like us.

[FrankDrebin]

Yeah men, same here at Philippine coast.

[yebo]

re philippine coast, are we west coast or east coast? ehehehe!

[chain]

siguro North or South Coast dito Philippines.. hehehe

[NightRock]

same here in middle east coast.... very costly...even in ilocos coast hahahah

[Shadetree MKNX]

Masarap din daw pagkain dyan sa Ilo-coast.

O/T: Kinakatay pa rin nyo ba ang aso dyan, pre? Dito kasi sa amin ipinagbawal ng LGU ang pagkatay ng "domesticated animals". USPCA at RSPCA daw ang me kagagawan.

Oks lang naman sa aken, di naman talaga ako kakain ng aso. Hindi sa nadidirian ako pero "bespren" tlaga tukoy ko sa mga yan.

[yebo]

e bakit yung ibang besprens ni gma kinakatay sya ngayon? nyahahaha! mga hayup!

[pnay_fickle_minded]

natawa naman ako sa coast-coast na yan... no comment

[amboy]

Masarap din daw pagkain dyan sa Ilo-coast.

hehe ok to!

[empy]

baka lumalakas lang ang kain natin tol

[tinky]

baka lumalakas lang ang kain natin tol

:bwahaha:

[MajorWoody]

(RANT ON)

I agree. US is no longer the same. Dati, mag-job hunting ka, makakakita ng trabaho in one day, ngayon ang taas ng percentage ng mga unemployed due to lay-offs at saka wala na talagang mapasukan. Swerte mo kung makakita ng trabaho right away.

Guess what, in two months, I'll be out of a job. My company, Philips (www,pmsna.com) decided to "outsource" our department offshore...to Singapore.

Bakit kamo, mas mura ang parts & labor. Grabe ang impact sa akin nito, ang tagal ko na sa kompanyang ito, my hourly rate is in the lower $30s. Meron akong mortgage at saka car payment. Now, if I don't find a job within 6 months, kailangan kong mag-downsize like... ibenta ang bahay at kumuha ng mas maliit or rent an apartment, trade in yung kotse sa isang econo-box at baguhin ang lifestyle. Eh di balik na lang ako sa pilipinas, mangutang ako sa lahat ng credit card ko, tapos tumira na sa pilipinas for good ;)

Tapos nagtataka ang US kung bakit down ang economy, madali ang sagot. paubos na ang mga trabaho dahil dinadala na sa china, etc.

Last month lang, tinaasan na naman ang tax ng gasolina sa state namin, dinagdagan ng 9 cents per gallon, Kaya mag fill up lang ako ng gas weekly, natural na ang $50.00 ang full tank.

I could go on and on...but writing this puts me in a bad mood.....

(RANT OFF) thanks for reading

[stinkaboy]

Yeah men, same here at Philippine coast.

[oldblue]

as the US move & improve on to the information age, dami na jobs ni-replace or ni-obsolete ng computers & computerization. ito na yun output/cosequence ng IT boom
sa US in the late 90's, lahat na computerize na, so basically maint & upgrading na lang ang mga US companies.

d2 sa Pilipinas, walang computerization gano, pero scarce pa din ang trabaho, the
culprit sobrang dami naman ng tao competing for menial jobs.

[tabets]

how about those in field of health care? are they affected also?i heard they're open again for physicians and nurses...

[imprezawrxsti]

.....healthcare JOB nalang yata ang hindi naapektuhan. Five to ten years from now thousand of geriatric nurses are retiring and the trend of enrollee in nursing program right now is not even half of it...

[bluntz]

pareho na din dto sa south coast.hehehe.taas ng gas pati dollar dto

[tabets]

.....healthcare JOB nalang yata ang hindi naapektuhan. Five to ten years from now thousand of geriatric nurses are retiring and the trend of enrollee in nursing program right now is not even half of it...

i think so...whats happening in medical field is really a brain drain...daming nag career shift tsk...

good thing is they can keep our economy afloat due to the remittances theyre gona send.

[Doc Diesel]

I still think US is better than the Philippines which I spent 30 years of my life, when I came over here sa US, there were a lot of changes, GOOD changes that is.