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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:46 AM Original message |
Newsweek: The Missing Shoppers |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everybody's maxed out |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. here's an article to stand your hairs on end |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Saudi production drops 400k bbls in June |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Double in present price?...May it send him back to Crawford permanently |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. and the Saudis make Billions and zilions |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. This country is getting screwed by the Bush Crime Family |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Makes me want to yell "Fire!!!!!!!" |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'd love to spend. I'd love to have a job, too. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Ao tru, you are not alone eom |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Thanks! I know many people who have it a lot worse, so I'm not |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Expert analysis.... |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Sweet Jeebus, the GrovelBot would do a better job. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. attention US shoppers, the world wants you to spend? |
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Cogito ergo doleo (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. That's it, Mari333 - |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I saw this last year "Up to their eyeballs in debt" |
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Cogito ergo doleo (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. We cut up our credit cards |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Hats off to Mari333...........Let them have it!!!...Sock it to them!!!! |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
64. Nice to see someone feels the way I do. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. Supply-Side Economics Exposed... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, they're not the producers. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's exactly how it works. Why hasn't anybody in |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The trouble is, I don't see how Kerry can "fix" this, no matter |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Right on, Nay. But you forgot to factor in the anger that's growing. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Back in the 30's and the Depression... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Forgive me for waxing Marxist, but... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
67. I imagine a "six thousand, six million, six billion" dystopia |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. They know exactly how it works. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. A Crisis in Effective Demand |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. nicely expressed, thanks (eom) |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Revealed as a "GASP!?!"...Ponzi Scheme.......... |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why doesn't a moral group go through the tapes from 2001 to today |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. that "group" would be labeled "a left-wing think tank" |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Story is the last 2 years was financed by remortgaging homes. |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think we're in for some seriously troubled times... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Rusty Limpballs & other nazi talking asses |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sure, they'll blame Kerry. |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. In a strange way |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Not only that... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. That's why it's important for people like US, here, and elsewhere, to |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I've had the exact thought myself... |
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Kenergy (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. My thoughts exactly! |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hey! I'm spending.. but.. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. You've Got That Right. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Global recovery"? Interesting cover for no recovery HERE. |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Im all shoped out |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. New meme: "W" shaped recession. Pass it on.. |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Probably shouldn't have screwed the boomers or their kids |
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Keirsey (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. a lot of votes |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. One of my professors told us |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. did you read the Krugman column in the KC Star today? |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Ownership society |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. spending my money on gas and food |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. Anecdotal evidence |
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tXr (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Gee, I'd just love to fall into line and shop, shop, shop, but |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. If They Want Us To Shop, Shop, Shop |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Shop with WHAT???? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. Home equity used up..credit cards maxxed out.. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. Poor, working and middle class people.. |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Great Analysis deseo |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. The world is counting on me to spend? |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. Well well well..........................So george, shop till ya drop,Eh? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. I got this from Nambe's latest breaking news.. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. You mean when people have to settle for jobs that pay 1/3 less |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. "the way they normally do when things start to look up" |
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DavidFL (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. Everytime I hear about how the economy is improving... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. Sorry World, but my sole |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm a missing shopper |
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