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11. Why Are They Surprised?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 08:38 AM

May 2014

The youth and young adults can't find a job. The 30 something can't find a job to support their new family, rent, daycare,food etc. Those creeping towards fifty fear every day may be ax day. They have not been able to save thanks to the CEO "wage cutters" so they fear buying anything outside of essentials. Those in their "golden years" often find themselves helping to house, support kids, grand kids. They find little extra cash to buy extra seat covers for that yacht. So while the CEO's pad their wallets, their portfolios and that extra vacation "shack" in the Bahamas the rest of the country is pondering what tomorrow will bring.

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U.S. Retailers Missing Estimates by Most in 13 Years [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2014 OP

When the working class has no money to spend, our economy tanks. Laelth May 2014 #1

Why can't they understand this basic principle? JNelson6563 May 2014 #12

Even that reactionary old bastard Henry Ford knew that, the modern CEO's have forgotten that. hobbit709 May 2014 #2

They will have to enact strict austerity measures. Enthusiast May 2014 #3

Cut food stamps and unemployment insurance Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #4

Then they will scratch their heads and wonder why the economy took a nosedive. Enthusiast May 2014 #5

That's the plan ctsnowman May 2014 #8

"protect the natural gas in Ukraine" - TBF May 2014 #13

Which to my knowledge have never worked in any country they were used in. However, I am talking jwirr May 2014 #23

Look across the country watoos May 2014 #6

Its the weather, yeah thats it! workinclasszero May 2014 #7

I got 1% ctsnowman May 2014 #9

The VA tried that "you make too much money" crap on me too. fasttense May 2014 #15

Good thing the banks were bailed out Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #24

Time for another round of lay-offs. Alkene May 2014 #10

Why Are They Surprised? grilled onions May 2014 #11

Very good desciption of life here on the bottom. I suggest that one of the ways that we fight them jwirr May 2014 #22

I have noticed that there are lots of thrift stores opening up in the area japple May 2014 #14

K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #16

Grocery stores deal in food stamps daily and yet they did not think cutting food stamps would cut jwirr May 2014 #17

Duh! malaise May 2014 #18

"Lower- and moderate-income consumers had little discretionary spending power" Triana May 2014 #19

Greed - The Economic Grim Reaper - Too Much For The 1% - Too Little For The 99% cantbeserious May 2014 #20

The Walmart and Target chickens are coming home to roost. Snarkoleptic May 2014 #21