My business is tanking due to the economy

.. know of types of businesses and work that is seeing more employment and increases in opportunities despite the bad economic environment? I've been reading that energy work (oil and gas related,etc) is on the upswing a bit. And somebody here mentioned the idea of manufacturing something and selling it overseas.

Anything else?

i know that my daughter came home from the mall and said the pet store there was also closing.im in upstate new york which has always had rocky economy until they made fort drum a year round military installation and it is the military and their families that keep the area afloat. everywhere i go im seeing businesses shutting down or on the verge of closing,,it always starts with leisure based businesses and trickles down.also i d say about one in every five houses either up for sale or foreclosed and none of the house are moving . my next door neighbor was a successful realtor and works out of her home, but ive barely seen a customer there since last november.ive been cleaning my house out of unneeded items and having rummage sales which serves two purposes and gives me extra gas money,etc.keep your head up, get to know your neighbors,bring barter back into your life when possible,we all have a long ride ahead of us,,,and PLEASE put some food away...good luck

we clean out foreclosed homes, so our business should be booming. but too many wannabees have jumped onto the gravy train. they do crap work and have no ethics, and we are slowly getting pushed out of the business. we also have rental houses and most of our tenants are 1000 plus behind, we too are using up our savings.... if it weren't for our Faith in God, I'd really be down

are the canneries in the mine. Good luck, Read history to find out what businesses did well during the depression. Consider transforming your business accordingly. People continue to want to eat out I thought a soup kitchen would be a good idea. Maybe, not make a lot of money but an opportunity to reach people who are starting to question what is happening to the economy and their country. Peace

I to am starting to feel the aforementioned negative economics. I just wanted to point something out. It kind of came to me when I saw the signature after someones post. It was something to the affect of: "I Freed Thousands of Slaves and could have Freed Thousands of more if they only had known they were slaves." Harriet Tubman.

A lot of people are going to have to check into the "last resort" until they wake up and realize what is happening. I hate to say this but in my view, the worst things get the better Ron Paul's chances are. Pain tends to make people re-evaluate (I hope I'm not underestimating the extent to which people are brainwashed) their own ideas and their lives. Just as markets tend to "correct" so do peoples opinions and attitudes. I think the larger numbers we are looking for to joint this movement aren't necessarily against our ideas but are asleep at the wheel. In my opinion, the Financial suffering that will soon be crossing the threshold into large numbers of American households (it is already at their door step, they just don't realize it) will be the necessary slap in the face that initiates conscientiousness.

I would bet that the chances of Ron Paul supporters being an entrepreneurs/small business owners are probably pretty high. I think we maybe feeling the affects first in some instances because we are on the economic front lines if you will. What I have found is that Dr. Paul is an expert at seeing the big picture and at telling the truth. I think he would suggest that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. This maybe one of the reasons he is actively campaigning. He always comments that a lot can happen between now and the fall of 2008.

Adjust your lives accordingly, for what is coming. Look at how extended families lived together in the past to shoulder living expenses of home ownership and energy costs. You can substitute the word friends for family in the dynamics of today. Try and get rid of the extra vehicle. Embrace a minimalist life style. Try to become more "agrarian" if you possibly can. I think this is the reality of what we are facing.

If possible, as your living through these painful readjustments, remember that this is the necessary correction we need for large scale political change.

I've got help wanted ads out now and although I got 75 qualified responses for an admin assistant, I've gotten no usable responses for motor machinists and assemblers. Americans don't want to get dirty anymore, and the school counselors steer all the smart kids into white collar jobs.

Our motor prices have risen only slightly over here, but the dollar has slid enough that our product is about 25% cheaper to the Europeans than it was 3 years ago. Our $6000 motor in 2005 basically only costs them $4500 now. Shipping costs have not increased as much because the computer is making trucks and ships run fuller more of the time. The internet has made it very easy for the Europeans to find our products too.

My flippant, Yankee Doodle Dandy free advice, worth every penny, is to whittle a product out of something American and figure out how to sell it to the Europeans and the Asians via low cost web advertising or e-mail. Do it without a bunch of snotty nosed chronically late, lying, retard employees because the millstone of government makes it impossible to meet all the regulations, pay all the fees and do all the paperwork.
Do it without a bunch of American employees because, according to Crain's, 85% of them steal, they goof off constantly, they do crap work and they'll sue you for anything. Ruined as useful employees by many poisons. Government warehouses masquerading as schools, Nintendo, Unions, parental abandonment, entitlement programs like unemployment, welfare and subsidized housing.

We have consistently sold to the Western Europeans, but now we are hearing from Serbs and Croats and Bulgarians and Russians and whatever you call someone from Abu Dhabi. A world economy is a great thing because it is a huge market for us. In turn, I buy $2000 in USA parts for every $4500 motor job I send to Belgium.
One of my favorite quotes is from English Prime Minister Winston Churchill, "Americans will do the right thing, after they've tried everything else".

Escrow Officer here, I have not worked since August 07, I am 45 years old and have never been without a job. I went into partnership as VP in a new Title Company, they needed my 18 years of unflawed escrow experience to set up escrow and obtain an escrow license through State Banking. Within one week after getting our license I discovered my partners were unethical and were willing to do anything for a buck. I immediately resigned and assigned my ownership over to them. We all know what is going on right now in the real estate market. People are getting laid off everyday, many of my friends and associates are currently looking for work. My savings is dwindling and it seems I am over qualified to wash cats. If it was not for all the time I have been spending in my garden and the awesome companionship I get from my beagle (Milo) I would have gone nuts with worry. I just keep telling myself it is what it is and hope for the best.

"I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves."
-- Harriet Tubman