My own person observations recently reflect what this guy is saying. This year I have seen a noticeable drop off in the number of customers in Walmart and in the grocery stores and the traffic on the roads is even substantially lower. I know it’s not scientific by any means but it mirrors what he is saying indirectly. I think it reflects that people have less money to spend and that there a larger percentage of the people are unemployed than the lies from the WH suggest.
Window shopping leads to buying. And when you don’t see the future as bright, you are not motivated to window shop. It means less trips to the mall.
“I think it reflects that people have less money to spend and that there a larger percentage of the people are unemployed than the lies from the WH suggest.”
No doubt; I live a few miles south of the brand new Xanadu Mall in the NJ meadowlands. It was completed years ago, and never opened (it is next to the stadium where the Super Bowl was just played); now they don’t know what to do with the buildings (including an indoor ski slope - also never used). People here in the northeast have known for years how bad things really are; unfortunately there aren’t many Americans left to do anything about it.