[old and tired]

When politicians turn into Chicken Littles over slight reductions in government spending, people react by putting off their own purchases. Amazingly, neither Bloomberg nor Reuters even entertained this possibility in their analyses, even though many of us wrote about the damage the hyperbole would do.

That's not the reason. Most people don't give a rat's behind about what the government's saying. The decrease had to do with the overall crappy economy. And the delay in tax refunds.

[1010RD]

“unexpectedly” - they need to find another word.

[ExCTCitizen]

What a Nice economy we are having, Obama? Will you blame the Republicans on it??