Middle Class Holding Cash?

[charmedboi82]

balloon

Is it that you only have one year of anecdotal evidence? If so, it's very possible that people didn't want to buy the same thing that they did last year. Personally, I can't imagine buying any commerical item for Valentine's Day, let alone the same each year. Maybe it was just a fad for that year.

 

[Fivetears]

Nice post...

In oder to get down to grass root evidence we would have to have more information on the baloons. Did the price go up, just like insurance? Was the balloon of the same quality? Did it have a different saying then last year? Did the company give a large raise right before Valentines Day last year? Was the balloons in a viewable position in the store? Are we sure the people that work there are middle class? Maybe the weather is effecting cupids arrow? Maybe everyone is mad at the insurance company for raising the inflation in the first place and has to pay for their insurance? Maybe Jane and Joe have their hands on something other than balloons? LOL!!

Nice post...
Price go up? no.
Vendor / Item # Change? no.
Employee Annual Bonus? 14.2% of base annual salary (up 2.1%)
Balloon Location Change? no
The balloons just didn't sell this year.

 

[The_Technician]

Maybe

In oder to get down to grass root evidence we would have to have more information on the baloons. Did the price go up, just like insurance? Was the balloon of the same quality? Did it have a different saying then last year? Did the company give a large raise right before Valentines Day last year? Was the balloons in a viewable position in the store? Are we sure the people that work there are middle class? Maybe the weather is effecting cupids arrow? Maybe everyone is mad at the insurance company for raising the inflation in the first place and has to pay for their insurance? Maybe Jane and Joe have their hands on something other than balloons? LOL!!

Half of those who bought balloons last year sucked in when blowing up the balloon and asphixated!!!

 

[cowboy]

In oder to get down to grass root evidence we would have to have more information on the baloons. Did the price go up, just like insurance? Was the balloon of the same quality? Did it have a different saying then last year? Did the company give a large raise right before Valentines Day last year? Was the balloons in a viewable position in the store? Are we sure the people that work there are middle class? Maybe the weather is effecting cupids arrow? Maybe everyone is mad at the insurance company for raising the inflation in the first place and has to pay for their insurance? Maybe Jane and Joe have their hands on something other than balloons? LOL!!

 

[Fivetears]

My wife works at an internal employee company store for a major auto insurance association. Anyway... she tells me last night, "We have allot of left-over Valentines Day balloons this year. We bought as many as last year, forecasting we'd sell them; just like last year. We still have over HALF of them."

In a small way... this says quite a bit about the United States economy, and the direction it could be heading.

Is there more evidence inflation is affecting the middle class? To hell with numbers and charts! How about some grass roots evidence; something Joe & Jane Middle Class can put their hands on.

Anyone?