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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:03 PM Original message |
Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending .... (first decline since 1991) |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Once again I ask "How long did they think they could export jobs and import crap without paying the |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. uh oh, the media is just not catching on |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Actually, "they" don't care. They'll just move their corporate |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. NO THEY'RE NOT! There's only so much $$ to go around, and if |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is an important lesson for the corporatists |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. No, it's not a lesson. They realize what they have been doing. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. there's a high-end boot store (think Nordstroms for your feet) that opened up in town |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know I have. Inflation is eating up all of my disposable income.. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. What is disposable income? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good, we need to stop buying crap |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Let's see - what was happening in 1991 |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. ouch!!! that's harsh!!!!! |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Unfair to syphillus! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Reduced spending at all levels of the economy |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes. Less garbage in our landfills. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. The revenge of Reverend Billy |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. Golly, there's a surprise |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. And even that money is taken from credit |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Can't get blood from a turnip... |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Can't sqeeze blood from a turnip, but there's always China! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Where do these people live, for crying out loud? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. I Have no Money to Cut Back |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. One company after another announces layoffs |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. hey, hey, hey... take it easy on the "gloomy science" guys & gals... |
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