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I have AAA for home and auto. They were easy to work with when my car get dinged up in the airport parking lot. Rates are competitive.

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I have AAA for home and auto. They were easy to work with when my car get dinged up in the airport parking lot. Rates are competitive.

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I have AAA for home and auto. They were easy to work with when my car get dinged up in the airport parking lot. Rates are competitive.

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Correct me if I’m wrong. Ceberus purchased Chrysler just a few years ago. Why are we considering bailing out a private equity firm? They bought Chrysler with their eyes open.

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Correct me if I’m wrong. Ceberus purchased Chrysler just a few years ago. Why are we considering bailing out a private equity firm? They bought Chrysler with their eyes open.

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Correct me if I’m wrong. Ceberus purchased Chrysler just a few years ago. Why are we considering bailing out a private equity firm? They bought Chrysler with their eyes open.

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Correct me if I’m wrong. Ceberus purchased Chrysler just a few years ago. Why are we considering bailing out a private equity firm? They bought Chrysler with their eyes open.

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Correct me if I’m wrong. Ceberus purchased Chrysler just a few years ago. Why are we considering bailing out a private equity firm? They bought Chrysler with their eyes open.

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[quote=kev374]I’m generally a bear but I also make real life observations. As of now I cannot see any significant impact on consumer spending. Infact, restaurants and shops are busier than any other time I have ever seen. The data I am hearing does not seem to align with what is going on in reality. Every single time I have been to a restaurant this week, it has been packed full with long waits. If we are in a downward spiral and consumer sentiment is low then I simply cannot see how people are spending so much.

I would imagine that eating out is the first thing to be curtailed if consumers are feeling the pinch but just the opposite, the crowds have not been bigger.[/quote]

link via CalculatedRisk

http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6610451.html

The Restaurant Industries own figures show that sales and traffic as fallen to record lows.

I’ve observed that GOOD restaurants are still crowded – but the mediocre ones, eh, not so much. And there are a lot of mediocre restuarants out there.

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[quote=kev374]I’m generally a bear but I also make real life observations. As of now I cannot see any significant impact on consumer spending. Infact, restaurants and shops are busier than any other time I have ever seen. The data I am hearing does not seem to align with what is going on in reality. Every single time I have been to a restaurant this week, it has been packed full with long waits. If we are in a downward spiral and consumer sentiment is low then I simply cannot see how people are spending so much.

I would imagine that eating out is the first thing to be curtailed if consumers are feeling the pinch but just the opposite, the crowds have not been bigger.[/quote]

link via CalculatedRisk

http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6610451.html

The Restaurant Industries own figures show that sales and traffic as fallen to record lows.

I’ve observed that GOOD restaurants are still crowded – but the mediocre ones, eh, not so much. And there are a lot of mediocre restuarants out there.

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[quote=kev374]I’m generally a bear but I also make real life observations. As of now I cannot see any significant impact on consumer spending. Infact, restaurants and shops are busier than any other time I have ever seen. The data I am hearing does not seem to align with what is going on in reality. Every single time I have been to a restaurant this week, it has been packed full with long waits. If we are in a downward spiral and consumer sentiment is low then I simply cannot see how people are spending so much.

I would imagine that eating out is the first thing to be curtailed if consumers are feeling the pinch but just the opposite, the crowds have not been bigger.[/quote]

link via CalculatedRisk

http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6610451.html

The Restaurant Industries own figures show that sales and traffic as fallen to record lows.

I’ve observed that GOOD restaurants are still crowded – but the mediocre ones, eh, not so much. And there are a lot of mediocre restuarants out there.

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[quote=kev374]I’m generally a bear but I also make real life observations. As of now I cannot see any significant impact on consumer spending. Infact, restaurants and shops are busier than any other time I have ever seen. The data I am hearing does not seem to align with what is going on in reality. Every single time I have been to a restaurant this week, it has been packed full with long waits. If we are in a downward spiral and consumer sentiment is low then I simply cannot see how people are spending so much.

I would imagine that eating out is the first thing to be curtailed if consumers are feeling the pinch but just the opposite, the crowds have not been bigger.[/quote]

link via CalculatedRisk

http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6610451.html

The Restaurant Industries own figures show that sales and traffic as fallen to record lows.

I’ve observed that GOOD restaurants are still crowded – but the mediocre ones, eh, not so much. And there are a lot of mediocre restuarants out there.

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[quote=kev374]I’m generally a bear but I also make real life observations. As of now I cannot see any significant impact on consumer spending. Infact, restaurants and shops are busier than any other time I have ever seen. The data I am hearing does not seem to align with what is going on in reality. Every single time I have been to a restaurant this week, it has been packed full with long waits. If we are in a downward spiral and consumer sentiment is low then I simply cannot see how people are spending so much.

I would imagine that eating out is the first thing to be curtailed if consumers are feeling the pinch but just the opposite, the crowds have not been bigger.[/quote]

link via CalculatedRisk

http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6610451.html

The Restaurant Industries own figures show that sales and traffic as fallen to record lows.

I’ve observed that GOOD restaurants are still crowded – but the mediocre ones, eh, not so much. And there are a lot of mediocre restuarants out there.

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I assume that the OP meant this as a simple trolling post. Do you really believe that the median Democrat has a higher IQ or higher education level than the median Republican?

Would also be interesting to cross correlate with how many of the ones that are Grads had ‘daddy’ pay for the education versus paying for it themselves.. and break that down into party affiliation.

It would also be interesting to see if there was a liberal arts vs hard science breakdown on the education vs political party.

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I think my husband and I would skew your theory…
My parents paid for my undergraduate degree – but insisted it be in something I could get a job in… (BSEE).

I put myself through grad school. (Well, my employer picked up part of it – I went nights while working full time.)

So I had “daddy” pay for my education, studied a math/science field, yet still turned out liberal.

My husband put himself through college in Architecture… he’s also a liberal.

And we plan on doing for our kids what my parents did – pay for the education, with veto power on the majors… they only get the free ride if they get a degree that will help with employment and if they maintain the GPA.

As far as people voting against their best interests – the book “What’s the matter with Kansas” looks at this very closely – and how the GOP party changed to get new “values voters”. A term which has always offended me since I consider the values of compassion and social concern to be valid values as well.

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[quote=ucodegen]

I assume that the OP meant this as a simple trolling post. Do you really believe that the median Democrat has a higher IQ or higher education level than the median Republican?

Would also be interesting to cross correlate with how many of the ones that are Grads had ‘daddy’ pay for the education versus paying for it themselves.. and break that down into party affiliation.

It would also be interesting to see if there was a liberal arts vs hard science breakdown on the education vs political party.

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I think my husband and I would skew your theory…
My parents paid for my undergraduate degree – but insisted it be in something I could get a job in… (BSEE).

I put myself through grad school. (Well, my employer picked up part of it – I went nights while working full time.)

So I had “daddy” pay for my education, studied a math/science field, yet still turned out liberal.

My husband put himself through college in Architecture… he’s also a liberal.

And we plan on doing for our kids what my parents did – pay for the education, with veto power on the majors… they only get the free ride if they get a degree that will help with employment and if they maintain the GPA.

As far as people voting against their best interests – the book “What’s the matter with Kansas” looks at this very closely – and how the GOP party changed to get new “values voters”. A term which has always offended me since I consider the values of compassion and social concern to be valid values as well.

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