by AdamB » Tue 23 Feb 2016, 17:54:27
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'T')hat's for sure. Nobody has any money for anything beyond the necessities.
Like new cars.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-car-sal ... 1451999939$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')U.S. consumers continued to shift from cars, including sedans and hatchbacks, to SUVs, crossovers and trucks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-a ... C620160105 In particular necessities like those trucks, gotta have pickmeup trucks.
Need flowers on Valentines day as well, all time record necessity as well.
https://www.fundivo.com/stats/valentine ... tatistics/And pet products, absolute necessity for modern Americans, I mean, no one needs a new iphone:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/ ... 43efed5ef0but our pets, those are important.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/110151-a ... sed-to-see$60 billion for those pets, I know mine is a necessity, couldn't live without 4 legged friends.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('revi', '
') We are making the tough choices now.
Yup....do I get the new car, especially a pickup, and do I shower my pets with custom fit sweaters, or maybe buy a couple dozen roses for the lady, and the new iphone just came out, I mean, what do I do! Tough choices! Texas Roadhouse or Ruth Chris for the wife's birthday! Chili's or Chipotle for lunch tomorrow!
Where to road trip! I mean, I can only drive 8000 miles on my next roadtrip on $250 of gasoline (strict budget here, planning on taking that new iPhone with me), but I could double that if I just kept last years iphone...I mean...TOUGH choice...you betcha!
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', '
')I think this is the way the collapse will happen, slowly and like the frog in the boiling pot of water we won't realize it until it's too late.
..and the frog buying new cars and valentines day presents and making sure that more money is spent on one's pets than the gross national product of...Uruguay?
I'm thinking this kind of collapse says more about the GDP of Uruguay and what American's think of their pets than collapse? Oh, and cars, Americans love their cars.