beaucoupbands:
indianna-jones:
I’ve been telling my paranoid, crackpot economy theories to my boyfriend for the past year and I’m finally ready to ramble about them on here.
I think another economic crash is coming and I don’t know how it’ll affect our industry, but I’m assuming a lot of clubs already on the decline will probably shut down (looking at a lot of gentlemen’s clubs). I don’t know about where you live, but the clubs in eastern KS and KC have been dwindling more and more over the past 5 years. I talked to my stripper common-law wife (my a1 since day 1) and she said her club has been absolute garbage for the past two months, and mine has been getting slower and slower over the past year. Kansas went through the recession (08) and then it also went through the tenure of Gov. Sam Brownback (2010-2017) who completely bankrupted our state due to the ‘Brownback Tax Legislation Experiment”, and heading into 2019 and we’ve still haven’t recovered. KC is also in the midst of a “revitalization period” (gentrification) and we have a lot of money pouring into the city everywhere but the strip bars. Our typical busy seasons, fall into winter holiday season, never really seemed to pick up. The clubs all over KC are empty most nights, girls leaving with $0-200 on weeknights and weekends.
That being said, I think the time is now to get current or pay off all the things that accrue interest, and start paying bills a few months ahead of time if you can. I’m going to try to buy a cheap car after the first of the year and pay cash outright so I don’t have to deal with a car payment for hopefully a long time. I’m also going to chill on any frivolous purchases (breaks my heart) and try to focus on trying to stockpile as much cash as possible. I’m starting my organic garden in the spring, so hopefully that’ll cut down on our food costs in the future. I’ve been freaking myself out over this scenario the past few years and now I’m ready to try to put some of these ideas into action.
Truth. I hate to say it, but things have been getting progressively worse for some time. And while SESTA/FOSTA may have the least direct effect on us of all sex workers, it’s clear the political environment favors all our persecution more and more. Things may change through the next couple election cycles, but liberals don’t really have our backs either so idk. I don’t suspect an uptick while I’m still in my prime.
Oh absolutely. As an ancient stripper I can absolutely attest that all signs point to another economic crisis. Watch the moderately wealthy. They’re scared. They’re not coming in. When they are, they’re looking for the most “bang” for their buck, pun intended (thanks a lot sesta/fosta). Back in 2009, the majority of the customers I would make money from were drug dealers and blue collar workers who have budgeted a night at the strip club.
The wealthy are hiding. They’re scared. It was a nice little bump in income after Trump won (sobbing) because all the dumb rich guys were overconfident. But now in Trump’s economy they’re seeing an inverted yield curve and they’re getting nervous. This happened in 2006 too and we all know how that ended up.
This is scary because the economy is literally a magical representation of how rich white guys FEEL and how confident they are in their investments and spending.
Bond prices don’t drive a recession, but they DO reflect banker’s attitudes. And the inverted yield curve is not causation, but there’s a pretty significant correlation.
Also steel prices are a good economic signaler and … Whoooeeey baby look at GMs most recent layoffs.
I’m a huge economics nerd, as I think all strippers should be, as it directly affects our earnings.
@indianna-jones you are exactly right and should prepare just to be safe if you have the means.