Joe Heller for November 26, 2012

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    Mickey 13  over 11 years ago

    This actually is a “thought provoking” cartoon. Or my coffee just hasn’t kicked in yet… Since our economy is heavily reliant on consumer spending could this be a signal of pent up demand showing up after such a long period of austerity? Of course it could just be a great effort on the part of the retail sector promoting Black Friday and the media doing their usual pump job. Hopefully this is indicative of the holiday spending because otherwise it means it is just early spending versus later and the holiday won’t be an economic lift. Sometimes being an accountant and financial analyst is a pain, I never seem to be able to just shrug and say “Oh good weekend. I’ll bet the retailers are happy…”

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    lonecat  over 11 years ago

    Is there a way to run an economy without relying on lots and lots of consumption of things we don’t need that damage the environment?

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    I Play One On TV  over 11 years ago

    What does it say of a society that spends one official day to reflect on what we have to be thankful for, and then later that same day, rush out to spend money we don’t have to get stuff no one needs?

    When the rush is over, and people have spent as much as they’re willing to spend, which will be soon, the retailers will provide more bargains without our having to be willing to put up with unhappy, stressed sidewalk dwellers. Sometimes I wish all of us could see that; sometimes I’m glad I seem to be the only one.

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    edward thomas Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Wall Street Journal article over the weekend: Black Friday bargains aren’t. Most items were on sale, at lower prices, at other times of the year. It’s the HYPE, boy! (apologies to Foghorn Leghorn!)

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    Dtroutma  over 11 years ago

    Green plastic spending, more debt, more profit for banks.

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    rini1946  over 11 years ago

    sorry how does buying imports help us. Now if most of the purchases were made in the USA I could see this as a good thing. Here is what I see we have some people working and we collect some taxes but most of that money that is being spent is being spent on imports. Not anything that will help us in the long run

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    braindead Premium Member over 11 years ago

    As espoused by Eric Cantor and most Republicans, job creators = the wealthy. That’s the clear message, although they never get specific. -When raising taxes on the wealthy is the subject, Cantor always responds that this is no time to be taxing the job creators as if they were one and the same. -Republicans on these boards have responded in the same way, as if protecting tax breaks for the wealthy will somehow increase growth of both jobs and the economy. -I agree with your post, that growth of a business has created jobs AND created wealth. But, most of the Fox “news” viewers here believe that wealth causes jobs and not the other way around. -And, they cannot identify any specific job creators.

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