You can get by without spending for a couple of years, but eventually things wear out. Those who have been paying down debt or saving large sums of money may be thinking OK, the car is 13 years old and has 226,000 miles, something has to be done.
Mine is 14 yrs old with over 300,000 miles, and my right ball joint just went on Thursday while driving to work. Rather than get a newer used, I'm having the necessary repairs done. Less $. The money going out of my pocket (more so than ever before) is for "must have" (in order to live/eat/work) items. I'll resume normal spending habits if we ever get a conservative President and Congress. Best wishes to all conservatives.
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.