01-09-2006, 08:08 AM
DP Wrote:
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> What I find interesting is for all the bitching
> about the economy, I still see lots of SUV's and
> other low mileage vehicles flying around like
> nothing's changed, and restaurant
> parking lots filled, and another holiday season
> where people spent much more than they said they
> would. My point is that it seems like people are
> still spending money like crazy and that's here in
> one of the most economically depressed areas of
> the nation (Detroit area). I see people
> complaining and yet their hair is styled and
> fingernails are sculptured. I see houses that have
> needed a coat of paint for years and there are two
> and sometimes three satellite dishes attached and
> a big screen TV seen in the front window. I see
> their kids with $75 Hollister jeans and cell
> phones with all the accessories and text-messaging
> and other options that run up the bill.
> This is a bad economy?
EZ CREDIT! NO PAYMENTS FOR 12 MONTHS! STEP RIGHT UP! STEP RIGHT UP! END THE HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS!
• Average card debt among people who have at least one card is $9,205 -- triple what it was in 1990.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/debt/de...rivia1.asp
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> What I find interesting is for all the bitching
> about the economy, I still see lots of SUV's and
> other low mileage vehicles flying around like
> nothing's changed, and restaurant
> parking lots filled, and another holiday season
> where people spent much more than they said they
> would. My point is that it seems like people are
> still spending money like crazy and that's here in
> one of the most economically depressed areas of
> the nation (Detroit area). I see people
> complaining and yet their hair is styled and
> fingernails are sculptured. I see houses that have
> needed a coat of paint for years and there are two
> and sometimes three satellite dishes attached and
> a big screen TV seen in the front window. I see
> their kids with $75 Hollister jeans and cell
> phones with all the accessories and text-messaging
> and other options that run up the bill.
> This is a bad economy?
EZ CREDIT! NO PAYMENTS FOR 12 MONTHS! STEP RIGHT UP! STEP RIGHT UP! END THE HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS!
• Average card debt among people who have at least one card is $9,205 -- triple what it was in 1990.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/debt/de...rivia1.asp