[GraceG]

To Shrug or Shudder? That is the question that tries our souls... ~

I am Jane Galt....

[albionin]

I think it is just a sign of reality. Businesses were in a holding pattern until after the election. Now they know which direction to head.

[whitedog57]

This economist has a link to the layoffs site. Ugh.

http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/vampires-werewolves-and-the-post-election-market-reaction/

[lurk]

Two possible directions.

One is, the pols get the message and take corrective action.

Two, the collectivists respond the way Stalin and Chavez did, condemning the employers as ‘wreckers’ and nationalizing the various industries one at a time.

History favors option 2 as the course of action, because collectivists are not open to the possibility that their model is absolute stupidity.

Only problem is, there’s no money.

Hello, Zimbabwe.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

GG....I truly believe this is all part of his plan. Run small biz’s out of business....and nationalize the rest. IOW.....Venezuela.

[albionin]

I know it won’t happen but just imagine what would happen if some big businesses started closing up and their owners retiring. Imagine if Gibson Guitar had given everyone a pink slip after they had their wood confiscated saying “we can’t continue to operate under these kind of policies”. A few doing that and people would really sit up and take notice. Our online business is actually growing in this recession. We will have to decide whether to hire help or remain a small mom and pop business. No one will notice if we don’t decide to hire but multiply that by thousands of small businesses and it has a big effect.

[nascarnation]

As long as the financial markets continue to support the Baraqqi/Bernanke/Geithner minibucks that pour out, the dance goes on.

We’re riding a wave of false “prosperity” like that family in 2007 with two leased luxury SUVs, a McMansion with negative equity, and maxxed out credit cards and helocs.

[null and void]

Since the election:

Layoff numbers

Organization	# Laid off	Running total	Sector	Notes
Abbot Labs	700	700	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
AMD	400	1100	Electronics
American Coal	54	1154	Energy
Ameridose	790	1944	Health
Associated Milk Producers Inc	130	2074	Agriculture
ATI	172	2246	Education
Bartikowsky Jewelers	25	2271	Retail	Business closure
Boston Scientific	1200	3471	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Brake Parts LLC	75	3546	Automotive
Bristol-Myers Squibb	479	4025	Health
Career Education Corp	900	4925	Education
Caterpillar	100	5025	Construction Eq
Center for Hospice and Palliative Care	40	5065	Health
Cigna	1300	6365	Health
Community Newspaper Holdings Inc	21	6386	Media
Covidien	595	6981	Health
Crouse Hospital Syracuse	70	7051	Health
CVPH	17	7068	Health
Dana Holding Corp	7	7075	Automotive
Energizer	1500	8575	Energy
Exide	150	8725	Energy
Groupon	600	9325	Consumer
Hawker Beechcraft	410	9735	Aerospace
Hill-Rom	200	9935	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Husqvarna	600	10535	Tools	Cuts in Sweden
Kinetic Concepts	427	10962	Health
Lightyear Network Solutions	14	10976	Software/internet
Medtronic	500	11476	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Mills Manufacturing	68	11544	Defense
Momentive Performance Materials	150	11694	Chemicals
Murray Energy Corporation	48	11742	Energy
New Energy	40	11782	Energy
OCE	135	11917	Office equip
Penn Refrigeration	30	11947
Providence Journal	23	11970	Media
Research in Motion	200	12170	Consumer Electronics
Smith & Nephew	770	12940	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Southeastern Container	15	12955	Consumer
Space X	100	13055	Defense
St Jude Medical	300	13355	Health
Stryker	96	13451	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
TE Connectivity	620	14071	Electronics
Teco Coal Corporation	90	14161	Energy
TurboCare	88	14249	Energy
U.S. Cellular	980	15229	Electronics
Umatilla Chemical Depot	34	15263	Defense
UtahAmerican Energy	102	15365	Energy
Vestas	3000	18365	Energy
Welch Allyn	275	18640	Med Eq Mfg
West Ridge Mine	102	18742	Energy
Westinghouse	17	18759	Hi Tech Services
Westinghouse Anniston	50	18809	Defense
Wright-Patterson	115	18924	Defense
Yakima Regional Medical Center	10	18934	Health

Layoffs without exact number specified

Organization	% Laid off		Sector	Notes
Boeing Defense, Space & Security	30		Defense	Executive Staff
Corning	4		Manufacturing	Executive Staff
Saugerties			Government
Slidell			Government	"Will try to spread equally"
United Blood Services	10		Health	All staff
Wilkes-Barre			Government	Firefighters

Worker Reduction In Scheduled Time (to below ObamaCare threshold)

Organization	% WRIST	# Affected	Sector	Notes
Darden Restaurants			Food service
JANCOA Janitorial Services			Janitorial Service
Kroger			Grocery

[tomkat]

             

[NeverForgetBataan]

The Amish are on a riot hair trigger. They are ALWAYS lookin
for an excuse.

I think if Atlas shruggs too hard or too much then we get the
SHTF scenario that we have all been discussing for the last
four years. Let it come. The sooner we can puke out this
POS POTUS the sooner we can pull this country back from the nosedive.

Resignation, impeachment, military junta... I don’t care how
he exits.. just that he does.

[Jabba the Nutt]

I think part of it is the tearing of the American soul. These people have just seen their fellow Americans vote to take more of their property, to use government to plunder and become even meaner and more lawless.

Response: Screw 'em!! You can't take it, if it doesn't exist. And you vote to take my property, I'm not hiring you. Eat Obama promises and see how fat you get.

The divider in chief is creating an America with far less goodwill toward one another. Thank you Bronco Bama.

[trebb]

Is this a sign of shrugging or is it a sign of the dragon shuddering only to roll over and fall back asleep again?

It is a sign of how the "recovery" will work - without drastic measures by the People, we will be able to teach third world countries a thing or two about going third world.