Identifying the sectors of the US economy which are thriving

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Feel free to add to the list

'Financial services' (this is the f*ck you very much while we steal all your wealth sector)
Super mega yacht (and submarines) construction (and pretty much anything else which serves the plutocracy)
the weapons industry, i.e. bombs, missiles, naval vessels for projecting force, aircraft spare parts and support, etc., etc. (for the MIC, not for the folks, as in not small arms)
the political sector (lobbyists, high end prostitutes, every sort of thing which supports this sector)
the infotainment sector
advertising (businesses trying to drum up customers when no one has any money to spend)
'health' 'care' (aka dis-ease mgmt. lol)
Big Pharma
Big Oil

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Forgot personal injury/"we can get you your SS bennies" lawyers lol

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Group Therapy Services for the chronically jobless of America.

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[Ponce]

Bill collectors, body guards, armed forces, funeral homes.........who ever makes "Kleenex" from so many people crying all the time.

[Grand Master Melon]

Repo men ;D

[Hatha Sunahara]

Cash for gold.

Hatha

[gunDriller]

"Homeland Security"

defense contractors

APMex

... not lumping them together, but APMex sure is advertising everywhere.

[Dave Thomas]

Pawn Shops, Payday Loans, Auto Title Loans, Check cashing services.

The staple of the Ghetto.

I see more and more legitimate businesses go out of business, and then the space gets turned into a Payday loan outfit.

They're usually right next to a liquor store, and a Cricket mobile I might add.

[Korbin Dallas]

The Census Dept.

federal Gov't, including IRS

Credit counseling and Bankruptcy Attys.

[zusn]

Bill collectors, body guards, armed forces, funeral homes.........who ever makes "Kleenex" from so many people crying all the time.
Sorry Ponce, I had to cross one out. There is no money in that business and it's almost all owned by a few large corporations that aren't very nice.

[ArgenteumTelum]

The other side of the dis-ease industry, the wellness side, grew 9% last year. My wife and I are Wellness Consultants with a home-based business and people are waking up to aspects of big medicine, medical insurance woes and looking to be more pro-active in their own wellness.
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[Gknowmx]

GSUS is up 2100%

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gold-silver.us#

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[Ponce]

Well Mr.Zusn.......when something cost only $700 and they sell it for at least $5,000 and you have three death per day in my small area that's a nice profit for someone.......and then you have the burrial or cremation and the car ride and the flowers and maintenance and so on.

Almost forgot.........who ever makes toilet paper, sells very well every day ;D

[zusn]

Well Mr.Zusn.......when something cost only $700 and they sell it for at least $5,000 and you have three death per day in my small area that's a nice profit for someone.......and then you have the burrial or cremation and the car ride and the flowers and maintenance and so on.

Almost forgot.........who ever makes toilet paper, sells very well every day ;D
You're very correct about the cost and markup. The unfortunate part is all of that profit goes to the corporation. The funeral director I worked for is quitting after 25 years. Another corporation bought out the corporation that owned the place he was running. They have very strict and crappy rules. They also have an aggressive "sales" schedule. He's moving away and getting involved with his father-in-law's business. It's a very unstable business sector to work in these days. It's rare to find a family owned place.

[gunDriller]

Bankruptcy Attys.

Attorneys in general.

there are a lot of big messes in our society and our society will go through the motions of litigating a lot of them, even if it's a waste of resources.

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Medical Marijuana


That's the one bright spot.

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Bail Bonds...