let s reintroduce the special labor day panel. ralph schraeder is chairman and ceo of management technology consulting firm. bret hit is copresident of hit contracting with headquarters in falls church, virginia. catie is the owner of secondi, high-end consignment boutique in washington. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. what do you want to hear from the president and what do you think might work to restart the economy? katie, start with you. i have a solution that i am told will never work but i feel we need federally funded elections. i feel that will change the entire problem that we have. everybody is spending time running for re-election and by doing so they are in the pocket of special interests so we re not working for all of us as a hole but we are working for the individual interest. it should be all for one and one for all.
similar take to dr. schraeder? no question. the biggest private sector client. wetch didn t relate to both. we were talking out back. we purposefully sat you next to each other. we function private sector. in 2008, everybody can relate to construction cycle the turndown in construction what it has done, you know, the construction economy. it s down 22 to 25% depending whether you are in residential or commercial, over that time frame. there has been a few spots where it s rebounding. particularly locally. due to the federal government. flat economy for construction. probably going to remain that way until the unemployment situation turns around. certainly if the unemployment is not going down, people aren t hiring. not new need for new space. you own a consignment store. two stores? how many employees do you have? i around 16 employees.
similar take to dr. schraeder? no question. the biggest private sector client. wetch didn t relate to both. we were talking out back. we purposefully sat you next to each other. we function private sector. in 2008, everybody can relate to construction cycle the turndown in construction what it has done, you know, the construction economy. it s down 22 to 25% depending whether you are in residential or commercial, over that time frame. there has been a few spots where it s rebounding. particularly locally. due to the federal government. flat economy for construction. probably going to remain that way until the unemployment situation turns around. certainly if the unemployment is not going down, people aren t hiring. not new need for new space. you own a consignment store. two stores? how many employees do you have? i around 16 employees.
let s reintroduce the special labor day panel. ralph schraeder is chairman and ceo of management technology consulting firm. bret hit is copresident of hit contracting with headquarters in falls church, virginia. catie is the owner of secondi, high-end consignment boutique in washington. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. what do you want to hear from the president and what do you think might work to restart the economy? katie, start with you. i have a solution that i am told will never work but i feel we need federally funded elections. i feel that will change the entire problem that we have. everybody is spending time running for re-election and by doing so they are in the pocket of special interests so we re not working for all of us as a hole but we are working for the individual interest. it should be all for one and one for all.