Consumer confidence PLUNGES in February.

[Ferocious]

Sharp drop.

 

[alchemize]

Ick 🙁

Well, the good news is once Kerry is in place and raises taxes, this number will skyrocket 😉

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Some economists believe the presidential election campaign, which for the past several months has featured several Democrats complaining of weak job growth, has affected consumer sentiment.

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Some economists believe the presidential election campaign, which for the past several months has featured several Democrats complaining of weak job growth, has affected consumer sentiment.

the Key word in your statement is SOME economists.

Im not a betting man, but i bet those economists just happen to be ones that vote republican.

 

[Orsorum]

It's all the demmicraps fault!

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: alchemize
Ick 🙁

Well, the good news is once Kerry is in place and raises taxes, this number will skyrocket 😉

And of course you are gonna show us a correlation, such as what was consumer confidence with Clinton "high" tax rates and what is it now with Bush's "everyday-low-taxes" 😀

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: alchemize
Ick 🙁

Well, the good news is once Kerry is in place and raises taxes, this number will skyrocket 😉

And of course you are gonna show us a correlation, such as what was consumer confidence with Clinton "high" tax rates and what is it now with Bush's "everyday-low-taxes" 😀

I can show you a correlation between dot com hysteria and and consumer confidence.

 

[Napalm]

Dumb. The story could just as easily have been written in a positive light - "Consumer Confidence Up 33% Over Last Year"...

N

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: alchemize
Ick 🙁

Well, the good news is once Kerry is in place and raises taxes, this number will skyrocket 😉

And of course you are gonna show us a correlation, such as what was consumer confidence with Clinton "high" tax rates and what is it now with Bush's "everyday-low-taxes" 😀

I'd rather show you a correlation between a booming economy and higher consumer confidence and a rebounding from recession economy and weakened consumer confidence 😉

And since you are getting all serious on me, my preference would be both reduced expenditures AND reduced taxation. Heck let's pass a constitutional amendment capping each!

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Dumb. The story could just as easily have been written in a positive light - "Consumer Confidence Up 33% Over Last Year"...

You should apply for a job with Bush/Cheney Spin Machine 2004.

 

[chess9]

It will rise in March and April after the tax refunds start pouring in. Nice election year tactic by Bush. 🙁

-Robert

 

[Napalm]

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Dumb. The story could just as easily have been written in a positive light - "Consumer Confidence Up 33% Over Last Year"...
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You should apply for a job with Bush/Cheney Spin Machine 2004.

Given that I am a Canadian who has historically voted Liberal, I do not think they are in too big a hurry to hire me into their spin-machine. Besides - they can't afford me... 😉

N

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: smashp

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Some economists believe the presidential election campaign, which for the past several months has featured several Democrats complaining of weak job growth, has affected consumer sentiment.

the Key word in your statement is SOME economists.

Im not a betting man, but i bet those economists just happen to be ones that vote republican.

...add my name to that list, please.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Given that I am a Canadian who has historically voted Liberal, I do not think they are in too big a hurry to hire me into their spin-machine. Besides - they can't afford me...

In America, everyone and everything is for sale . . . and if anyone can afford your services I'm willing to wager that Bush/Cheney can cut you a cheque.

Al Sharpton's campaign is being bankrolled by conservatives so your employment wouldn't raise many eyebrows.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc

Dumb. The story could just as easily have been written in a positive light - "Consumer Confidence Up 33% Over Last Year"...

You should apply for a job with Bush/Cheney Spin Machine 2004.

As opposed to the liberal spin machine?

Does ANYONE know what consumer confidence even is? It's how the average consumer feels about the economy (in a nutshell). By writing articles like this, people get worried about the economy and confidence falls. See a correlation yet?

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: XZeroII


Does ANYONE know what consumer confidence even is? It's how the average consumer feels about the economy (in a nutshell). By writing articles like this, people get worried about the economy and confidence falls. See a correlation yet?

Has your confidence in the economy diminished after readnig this article?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Does ANYONE know what consumer confidence even is? It's how the average consumer feels about the economy (in a nutshell). By writing articles like this, people get worried about the economy and confidence falls. See a correlation yet?

1) Most Americans don't read.
2) Most Americans consumer confidence derives almost entirely from their perceived wealth.

Any American with a well-paying, stable job that owns their home likely has high consumer confidence but if they are smart they will live well below their means. In doing so, they isolate themselves from swings in the economy. Now GWB and his minions (particularly Snow, Chao, Evans, Gillespie) have been touring the country and airwaves with wonderful messages about how great the economy is doing. Unfortunately, Snow and Evans backtracked on the jobs thing . . . arguably there's nothing more troubling to consumer confidence than an administration that has little faith in their projections for job growth. See a correlation yet??

 

[ReiAyanami]

i dont care whose right as long as bush and cheney are the ones standing in the unemployment line come november

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: alchemize
Ick 🙁

Well, the good news is once Kerry is in place and raises taxes, this number will skyrocket 😉

And of course you are gonna show us a correlation, such as what was consumer confidence with Clinton "high" tax rates and what is it now with Bush's "everyday-low-taxes" 😀

I'd rather show you a correlation between a booming economy and higher consumer confidence and a rebounding from recession economy and weakened consumer confidence 😉

And since you are getting all serious on me, my preference would be both reduced expenditures AND reduced taxation. Heck let's pass a constitutional amendment capping each!

Your "preference" has been noted. I am guessing your second preference is low taxes and high spending passing the burden on to our children, ala Bush.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: lozina

Originally posted by: XZeroII


Does ANYONE know what consumer confidence even is? It's how the average consumer feels about the economy (in a nutshell). By writing articles like this, people get worried about the economy and confidence falls. See a correlation yet?

Has your confidence in the economy diminished after readnig this article?

I didn't read it.

 

[ReiAyanami]

an 87.5 is still pretty good considering the $7trillion debt. it's like a B+. now if it had dropped to C- or D

well then we'd have to send it back to yale

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
an 87.5 is still pretty good considering the $7trillion debt. it's like a B+. now if it had dropped to C- or D

well then we'd have to send it back to yale

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
i dont care whose right as long as bush and cheney are the ones standing in the unemployment line come november

That's the kind of close-minded partisan rhetoric we so desparatly need more of.

 

[sMiLeYz]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
i dont care whose right as long as bush and cheney are the ones standing in the unemployment line come november

That's the kind of close-minded partisan rhetoric we so desparatly need more of.

As opposed to your close-minded partisan rhetoric?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

i dont care whose right as long as bush and cheney are the ones standing in the unemployment line come november.

Dude, the list of corporations waiting to snap up Cheney is a mile long. Despite his less than stellar record at Halliburton, Cheney was clearly a moneymaker for the company when he headed DOD and there's little doubt his presence has paid dividends as VP.

Now any company dumb enough to hire Bush deserves to fail miserably.