tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post2564377879635599893..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Record declines for retail salesTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-39816300817524136152008-11-29T16:21:00.000-08:002008-11-29T16:21:00.000-08:00Bailout 2008, a poem by David Jeffrey Like a blood...Bailout 2008, a poem by David Jeffrey <BR/><BR/>Like a bloodied warrior, <BR/>laying broken and torn.<BR/><BR/>Like a dying soldier, hopeless and forlorn.<BR/><BR/>But the blood, it be green,<BR/>the color of money.<BR/><BR/>And the soldier is an economy,<BR/>and it is anything but funny.<BR/><BR/>Broken are it's people and shattered are their dreams.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to the ultra rich and their full proof schemes.<BR/><BR/>It is a tragedy with more pain to come.<BR/><BR/>Finance will be Hell, and their wills will be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-24341918873757316232008-11-14T09:36:00.000-08:002008-11-14T09:36:00.000-08:00Tim...e-mailed you a comment regarding today's cha...Tim...e-mailed you a comment regarding today's chart to tliacono@yahoo.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983451282911993077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-17898858211669342202008-11-14T08:24:00.000-08:002008-11-14T08:24:00.000-08:00Its about time us Americanos slowed down on the sp...Its about time us Americanos slowed down on the spending a little bit. We should all be saving much more and spending much less. Thats not very good for the economy, but that needs to change too. Nice blog, Tim. Excellent charts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-86185944767760080852008-11-14T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-14T08:09:00.000-08:00Not to worry, folks, Say's Law will save us! As yo...Not to worry, folks, Say's Law will save us! <BR/><BR/>As you may recall, Say's Law is supposed by some commenters on this blog to say that "Supply creates its own demand."<BR/><BR/>That being the case, the current slow down in consumption can easily be fixed by simply having US industry ramp UP production.<BR/><BR/>What, you don't think that's likely to happen? Why not? Don't CEOs know about Say's Law? They really need to learn more about the dismal science, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com