Companies have laid off, paid dividends to prop up stock price, and yet are still struggling with earnings. I think we are entering the shape up/down phase where the strong survive and the weak go bankrupt. Mergers coming along with people willing to accept less pay and cutting their budgets more. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer while the government does nothing to balance things out. Labor was 25% of the bill for me to get solar, I think 10-20% would be healthier for our economy.
