Posted on 02/18/2013 10:38:21 AM PST by blam
I still Monkey Wards
Changing the tax code to eliminate the whole thing would help.
Building stuff here is another problem that has been turned generational. No way to get rid of that problem unless the labor unions are eliminated.
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
I still miss Monkey wards
-——as payroll-tax increases hit shoppers-——
The desired solution is wage inflation to counteract the wage cut resulting from resumption of the payroll tax. Unions and minimum wage increase demands will force the issue. The wage inflation must be kick started and the tax resumption provides the kick.
——As long as the stock market is moving higher they think that everything is just fine-——
I think his thoughts were misinterpreted. He is saying the stock market represents the collective minds of the market and if the market minds reach consensus the problem is slight the market will keep on keeping on.
Very Good Article
-——as payroll-tax increases hit shoppers-——
The desired solution is wage inflation to counteract the wage cut resulting from resumption of the payroll tax. Unions and minimum wage increase demands will force the issue. The wage inflation must be kick started and the tax resumption provides the kick.
——As long as the stock market is moving higher they think that everything is just fine-——
I think his thoughts were misinterpreted. He is saying the stock market represents the collective minds of the market and if the market minds reach consensus the problem is slight the market will keep on keeping on.
Ahhh..... I had my daily Blam fix after missing two days. I feel better already
Cause all their customers’ money is going to pay 37 1/2% compound interest on their Visa card for the stuff they bought there five years ago?
We lived for maybe two hundred years with a trade deficit. We have been a nation of importers since before we were a nation.
You can’t see or won’t see that the past is gone. The world has changed and not like it was in your good old days.
You chose anomaly as the norm and erronously think the age of manufacturing with no competition is normal. Alvin Toffler described that condition as future shock.
I would suggest you buy and read Forbes from cover to cover every two weeks or perhaps read it on line. You will learn not only about the world but about the truly exciting things happening in the world of American business. The future depends on that which will be..... not that which was.
Exactly. When I can FIND it, it goes in the cart. :)
no use going out and visiting three or four stores finding a product that fit me.
I think you’re right on. The brick and mortar stores don’t have the variety that online does. I just bought a quality flashlight online. In the old days I would have gone to different stores and probably wouldn’t have found satisfaction.
Brick and mortar stores don’t have every model and type. They couldn’t afford to stock such a variety of products. Online stores are jammed with everything and anything a buyer might want and then deliver your order right to your door. No gas, no fuss, no parking, no security concerns and no trying to find help that isn’t available or doesn’t know their products.
Things have changed. Retail is just a bit late to the game.
I do ALL my shopping online now except groceries.
Naw. Every thing is wonderful! And we have 4 more years of great things!!
</sarcasm>
Horsefeathers!
America exported everything the world bought up until about 20 years ago.
Now we have completely spun around, and import mountains of stuff. We used to export strongly to everyone else.
Right back at ya...
I have to say, part of this is a shift in how we shop. My son bought everything for Christmas, online. I came home from work, for lunch, in December, a UPS truck was coming up one side of the street, and a FedEx truck was coming in the opposite direction, both stopping to deliver packages, up and down our street. It struck me - we don’t got to the mall, any more, the mall comes to us. Please understand, I am NOT a defender of the 0 economy, just an observation. Thanks.
OOPS - “go to the mall”
Most of those companies deserve to close. They are not keeping up with the changes necessary to keep in business. Seriously, Best Buy? Really? Nobody is buying DVDs or music anymore. Everything is purchased through Amazon or people have Netflix, Hulu, or/and Amazon Prime. Any video type store is on life support. Office Depot? Really? Nobody goes there anymore.K-Mart? Losey store that is dirty. Walmart is a million times better. Every company mentioned does not surprise me....except Barnes and Nobel sorta because at least they are trying to keep up with technology but it won’t be enough obviously.
Went through Jupiter, Fla., on our honeymoon and discovered our first Publix. Great place, and best doughnuts in the known world. Wish they'd come north.
I find the pics to be representative of a good reality, in general.
hussein’s $9 min. wage will put many more companies into the red. Just another chapter in his book to destroy America.
RS should start selling drones to keep an eye on teh lacal SWAT Teams and start selling those robot gun platforms.
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