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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 07:06 AM
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11. It won't get better, either...
what with the gas prices going up and all.
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  -Economy: April Retail Sales Worst Ever Recorded unlawflcombatnt  May-10-07 07:23 PM   #0 
  - Wow. Interestingly, I didn't shop much last month  LisaM   May-10-07 07:26 PM   #1 
  - All the stores are full of the same junk made by the same  Warpy   May-10-07 07:48 PM   #2 
  - Boy, I second THAT remark! It's all JUNK, and the styles SUCK.  loudsue   May-11-07 03:19 AM   #8 
  - ugly, unflattering merchandise--PLUS high mortgage/rent  spooky3   May-11-07 10:18 PM   #21 
  - And most of does, indeed look alike...  GainesT1958   May-10-07 08:15 PM   #4 
  - Yes  unlawflcombatnt   May-10-07 10:46 PM   #5 
  - I totally agree with this sentiment.  distantearlywarning   May-14-07 11:00 AM   #40 
     - Are there any consignment stores near you?  Dulcinea   May-17-07 10:15 AM   #46 
  - Well, At least now I know it's not ME. My business income has totally  kestrel91316   May-10-07 07:58 PM   #3 
  - California Mall Traffic Down  unlawflcombatnt   May-10-07 11:56 PM   #6 
  - The middle class is running out of money  Lasher   May-11-07 03:43 AM   #10 
     - Yes  unlawflcombatnt   May-12-07 02:07 AM   #24 
  - Sorry to hear about your business. Things don't look  PsycheCC   May-11-07 12:39 AM   #7 
  - I did pretty well in April  paulk   May-11-07 09:55 AM   #15 
  - And you're a veterinarian, aren't you?  Clark2008   May-12-07 06:59 AM   #27 
  - The local Wally World is almost empty  formercia   May-11-07 03:20 AM   #9 
  - Boomer's traffic down  unlawflcombatnt   May-11-07 06:24 PM   #19 
     - People have less disposable income  formercia   May-12-07 06:45 AM   #26 
  - It won't get better, either...  Wednesdays   May-11-07 07:06 AM   #11 
  - Well . . . DUH!  Vinca   May-11-07 07:23 AM   #12 
  - Hmmmmmmm..... What happens in mid April?....  MUAD_DIB   May-11-07 08:33 AM   #13 
  - Most working stiffs get nailed by withholding  Warpy   May-11-07 09:42 AM   #14 
  - Although I do not have the qualitative info to back it up, I still have  MUAD_DIB   May-11-07 10:44 AM   #16 
  - My taxes are higher - I got remarried last year.  Clark2008   May-12-07 07:02 AM   #28 
  - Good for you!! I've got LOTS and LOTS of material and patterns.  Perragrande   May-11-07 09:23 PM   #20 
     - I don't make clothes, but I sure as hell darn them and repair them  Clark2008   May-12-07 07:05 AM   #29 
        - Well I have lots of time on my hands because I'm unemployed.  Perragrande   May-14-07 02:00 AM   #38 
  - GDP Growth Reduced to 0.96% for 1st quarter  unlawflcombatnt   May-11-07 04:35 PM   #17 
  - Retail Sales Report, 5/11/07  unlawflcombatnt   May-11-07 05:49 PM   #18 
  - Some of us have stopped buying crap made in China.  Fierce   May-11-07 10:27 PM   #22 
  - Excellent Idea  unlawflcombatnt   May-11-07 11:19 PM   #23 
  - EXACTLY!!!  Clark2008   May-12-07 07:10 AM   #30 
  - add me to that list  Skittles   May-12-07 05:49 AM   #25 
  - Buying Domestic  unlawflcombatnt   May-13-07 10:47 PM   #37 
  - I avoid products made by prisoners. Pardon me but didnt we have  8643   May-12-07 08:35 AM   #33 
     - Yes-the North Korean Free Trade Atrocity  unlawflcombatnt   May-12-07 04:16 PM   #34 
        - It's about as close to reviving slavery that American industrialists are likely to get  Selatius   May-17-07 05:15 AM   #44 
  - Retailers should go whoop ass on the oil companies  gasperc   May-12-07 07:27 AM   #31 
  - And they should demand American-made products while they're  Clark2008   May-12-07 07:42 AM   #32 
  - Chinese and other "free-trade" products costs almost nothing to make...  candice   May-12-07 04:33 PM   #35 
     - Labor Costs = Labor Income  unlawflcombatnt   May-12-07 10:57 PM   #36 
        - thus killing the goose that lays the golden eggs  kineneb   May-16-07 11:55 PM   #42 
           - Shout instead of mumble  unlawflcombatnt   May-17-07 04:30 AM   #43 
  - We get stuff cheaper online.  Progs Rock   May-14-07 03:19 AM   #39 
  - Excellent Thinking  unlawflcombatnt   May-16-07 10:00 PM   #41 
  - Patronize a Tailor/Seamstress  momster   May-17-07 07:04 AM   #45 
  - That's an interesting idea  unlawflcombatnt   May-17-07 02:08 PM   #48 
     - American Classic Clothing  momster   May-17-07 05:49 PM   #50 
  - Okay, what are the oil companies up? eoq  tsuki   May-17-07 11:05 AM   #47 
  - Gas prices going to $4.00+ is really going to help this mess Bush has led us into!  Imagevision   May-17-07 02:38 PM   #49 
     - Reduced Consumer Spending  unlawflcombatnt   May-17-07 11:02 PM   #51 
 

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