Economy continuing to collapse : trucking volume

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Economy continuing to collapse : trucking volume is collapsing and will be going down

www.businessinsider.com/truck-tonnage-august-2010-9



Tonnage fell by 2.7% from July to August, according to the American Trucking Association.

That's the biggest month over month fall since March 2009.

The chief economist at the ATA, Bob Costelo, says this slowdown was expected and that it should be slowing further with the economy for the remainder of the year.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Tens of thousands of low-income workers lost their jobs Thursday as a stimulus-subsidized employment program came to an end.

About a quarter of a million people in 37 states were placed in short-term jobs thanks to a $5 billion boost to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States used about $1 billion to provide subsidized employment, with the remaining funds going to cash grants, food programs, housing assistance and other aid.....

finance.yahoo.com/news/Tens-of-thousands-lose-cnnm-3509483947.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[aztecwin]

Hard not to conclude that the Stimulus failed just as predicted.