Play this while you read—it’s one of my all time favorites:

Yes indeed, it’s all about the numbers.  Even as there are news reports today that there were fewer unemployment claims filed last week than any other week in several years.  But that doesn’t help the 350,000 or so who filed fresh unemployment claims though.

We’ve gone through months of protest and occupying over the 99% vs. the 1%.  Today’s news also includes more revelations of Mitt Romney’s investment funds parked in Cayman Islands accounts. 

Well, maybe that’s not too bad but it certainly is another fine example of the man’s lack of any identification or empathy whatsoever with the millions who look at their FDIC insured savings accounts or accounts at their local credit unions which are earning them pennies.  I just shake my head and wonder.  But the “teabaggers” are all about protecting the right to do just that in the hopes that someday, maybe they’ll be able to do it too.

I’m eventually going to get to a point here folks.  The person who just filed an unemployment claim is not reassured by the notion that there were fewer claims last week than there has been in a while.  It has happened to him or her.  And besides that’s last week.

And we’re saying that the unemployment rate is going down—8.5% at last count.  But that doesn’t help those who are part of that 8.5%.

That’s the number I’m looking at right now.  To hell with the 99% or the 1%.  It’s about the 8.5%.

Because I just joined them.

I guess after nearly 15 years in the business that I’m a lousy car salesman.  The irony is that I’m a damn good automotive sales trainer.

Crap.