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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:02 PM Original message |
From Starbucks to Wal-Mart, consumer pulls back |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recession is here its going to get ugly think Hoover |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Hoover the vacuum, |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Poor Hoover |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Uh, like what good stuff did hoover do? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
78. When is Bush going to tell us that we need to buy more? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. when he'll decide to mail all customers a thousand bucks each... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yay, something to look forward to... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. and all those great new American jobs along with it. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. a squatter's heaven |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Maybe we can start some new workhouses there... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Scrooge: Are there no prisions, are there no workhouses? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
84. Big boxes will be less viable as the cost of fuel goes up |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. "the consumer could actually be a drag on the U.S. economy." !! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What a shining example of economic dumbfuckery!! |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. "Economic dumbfuckery"!!! LOL! |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
66. everytime the business expert appears on the cable networks--we get another example |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
85. You the man, two new (to me) terms to add to my arsenal |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. We have a consumer-based economy, and the drag is the consumer! |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. I don't owe them anything |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without goes at our house |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. The corporatewhores aren't |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. Yeah, and when we peasants DO spend, they look down their noses |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Funny how the consumer is blamed for everything; including things the consumer has no control over. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Yeah we're supposed to buy buy buy |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. When's the Democrats minimum wage increase due to kick in? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
76. That pissant "raise" in the minimum wage |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. we should outsource the consumer! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #55 |
68. They've been doing that for some time. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. It seems "almost" like a destabilization program- doesn't it? eom |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes it does! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Why yes, come to think of it, it does. Imagine that! nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Why do it? Why has it been done for years? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. well, you see, all the giant corporations aren't really in it to make |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. They're evil because they're short-sighted |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Ford definitely had the right idea |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. Too bad it took the United Auto Workers, under Communist leadership in the '30s |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Face it wall street, we the consuming masses are broke |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. But the Carlyle Group is still spending money.. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Suck all the money out of an economy and guess what: consumers disappear. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Intentional. Would you say "why" it is intentional? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Why, you're a smart hypnotoad, you've even got your very own tin hat. You can figure out why. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Not intentional, just short-sighted |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I wish I could think so but this has happened too many times in history and these people |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Intelligence is in no way incompatible with short-range thinking |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. exactly. I've seen this short-sightedness on the local level all too often |
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broadcaster (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Funny, to blame the consumer for perhaps not being able.. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Recession" is the one word no one wants to dare mutter, but it looms... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. "recession is when your neighbor is out of work. depression is when YOU are out of work" |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Do they really want our economy to be driven by debt spending? |
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rusty charly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. works for Bush! |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. That Newspeak is doubleplus good! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. If people felt more solid about their future, I bet they WOULD spend more. |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. My paychecks are lethargic and my annual salary adjustments are retreating |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Well put... |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Well, |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. If I weren't so "lethargic"... |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. wall street and corporate america beat the crap out of the 'US' consumer.......... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Such as? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. RETURN of decent jobs with ACTUAL living wages, credit cards........ |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I'd rather be able to save; not use cards. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Gosh, I guess that's what happens when they cripple unions, drive down wages, attack consumers ... |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Didn't they just say a week or so ago that consumer confidence was at an all time high? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think Grovelbot just broke the irony-meter. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Bwaaaaaaa! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Read the OP Grovelbot, we're in economic meltdown here..n/t |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. I don't know why others have pulled back but |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. They outsource all the jobs, then wonder why |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I do believe the circle is about to be broken.. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. Let's see the logic here! The consumer is getting screwed by the |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's all part of the plan. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. The consumers are revolting! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. I disagree. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
59. CNN had a WalMart segment on low end-of-the-month spending. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. No, not even them are having a good quarter |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
63. Perhaps the fact that everything on the shelves at Wallymart comes from China |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. I cut back over two years ago |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I too have cut back.... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
70. who has any fucking money these days? n/t |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
71. spending has come from borrowing against houses, NOT an increasing share of the pie. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
73. Starbucks lost me when I asked a cashier for a little extra coffee, about 1/3 cup, & she charged me |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. well that made me angry too but maybe an explanation |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
74. "the consumer could actually be a drag on the U.S. economy."!!!! |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Yep it's all our fault apparently |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
83. Selfish bastard ... |
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