Posted on 09/28/2015 1:58:13 PM PDT by blam
Every thing is up and they count it as economic growth.
Inflation denial.
Huh? How can a commie company fire anyone?
Of course everyone has to come out of the bunker to buy more peanut butter once in a while.
Paraphrasing the Pope — Darn that bad old Capitalism!
Exactly. It is forced spending. Doesn’t mean people are spending more voluntarily on what they want. Means they are being forced to spend.
Duplicitous ba$/@rds.
and the huge influence of paying off the dindonuffins with increased food stamps etc...
mostly, I think many people are living on the edge, in deep debt to maintain their lifestyle...
They forgot to mention that the economy is so hot the fed kept ZIRP in place.They also failed to mention that consumer credit card debt is sky high. Can’t imagine why.
Credit card debt is high for the same reasons that the national debt is high. There are spending items that are ‘wants’ but are treated as ‘needs’.
Over the past year or so, my household income has dropped anout 50 percent. We spend differently. Debt is bad. We do have a credit card, but it is fully paid each month. We do not carry a balance.
No cable or dish tv. A little less AC and heat. Less eating out and such. My 15 year old vehicle has 300k miles, runs fine thankyou. Yet, we are still very content.
Not quite Galt, butmuch less spending. Wish more would do that and starve the beast.
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