Um, remember that drop in the unemployment rate?

[Chizzang]

Corporate profits at an all-time high.

I don't know why you lefties keep repeating that mantra. It just isn't true. Profit margins have been falling for more than a year.

This is not true ^
In The Oil and Petroleum industry (Fucking BOOMING)
Military Defense contractors - profits are soaring (growing exponentially)
Anybody making sh!t in China - such as 98% of all non-food items stocked by Wal-Mart
The pharmaceutical giants are BOOMING
For-profit universities (exploding growth)
Eye glass / One Stop Doctor (Doc in the Box)
Health Clubs (growing)
Dental practices (Growing)
plastic surgery and beauty / cosmetics (exploding)
The list goes on and on and on....

Where profits are down:
Lessors of Real Estate
Traveler Accommodation & Hotel Industry
Community Care Facilities for the Elderly
Automobile Dealers Manufacturers and Associated Industries

[AZGrizFan]

For-profit universities (exploding growth)

Didn't Apollo group just lay off 800 employees and close 125 learning centers?

[Chizzang]

For-profit universities (exploding growth)

Didn't Apollo group just lay off 800 employees and close 125 learning centers?

I'm simply quoting FORBES
However: BP had an exploding platform too but they still manage to net 3 billion a quarter
We can all find one example of stupidity or bad business practices in each successful category

[Ibanez]

I don't know why you lefties keep repeating that mantra. It just isn't true. Profit margins have been falling for more than a year.

Military Defense contractors - profits are soaring (growing exponentially)

Really? That's not the word around the water cooler.

[CitadelGrad]

The measure of corporate profits normally comes from an aggregation of financial reports of companies listed on indexes of publicly traded companies, usually the S&P 500, among others. Those profit margins have been declining for quite some time. Smaller, privately held companies are probably doing as bad or worse.