Growing income gap strangles growth

[Truthmatters]

Inequality and Its Perils - NationalJournal.com

 

[Truthmatters]

how can the consumer spend when all the money is going into Cayman accounts of the wealthy?

 

[Truthmatters]

Every year a certain amount of profit is made by the entire commerce sector.


when too much of it doesnt make it into the pockets of most customers for the commerce sector then the pool of buyer is shrunken.


How can you have profit the next year if the vast majority of your consumers dont make enough money to buy anything?

 

[squeeze berry]

how can the consumer spend when all the money is going into Cayman accounts of the wealthy?

all the money?

 

[Conservative]

the lack of economic knowledge you are displaying is staggering.

 

[Truthmatters]

how can the population buy your product when they have no spare income to buy it with because the profits of that particular year were spread amoung a few percent of the population?

 

[jwoodie]

Pinhead Lefties have to rely on quoting others because they are unable to form coherent thoughts on their own.

 

[Truthmatters]

If you want consumers to consume they have to be able to find a way to MAKE enough money to buy things beyond the nessesities

 

[WillowTree]

how can the consumer spend when all the money is going into Cayman accounts of the wealthy?

well first thing is you have to get up off your ass and go get a job. then you'll have some money to spend.

 

[WillowTree]

Every year a certain amount of profit is made by the entire commerce sector.


when too much of it doesnt make it into the pockets of most customers for the commerce sector then the pool of buyer is shrunken.


How can you have profit the next year if the vast majority of your consumers dont make enough money to buy anything?

Lay a way.

 

[squeeze berry]

Every year a certain amount of profit is made by the entire commerce sector.


when too much of it doesnt make it into the pockets of most customers for the commerce sector then the pool of buyer is shrunken.


How can you have profit the next year if the vast majority of your consumers dont make enough money to buy anything?

Lay a way.

or

save and pay cash

 

[Rozman]

If you want consumers to consume they have to be able to find a way to MAKE enough money to buy things beyond the nessesities

Maybe they can put a few dollars away every payday
until they have enough money to buy that big screen TV.
It's called saving for stuff.I did it growing up.

Or they can not work and stay home and wait for the Postal carrier
to drop off their free Obama phone and then they can call all their friends
and bitch about republicans not giving them free stuff.

 

[Truthmatters]

yes and while they are saving for that ONE purchase many businesses go without profits.

 

[Truthmatters]

If you want a vibrant economy you have to pay your employees enough that they can also be your customer

 

[Rozman]

Aren't you guys screaming that companies are making record profits???

 

[Truthmatters]

why is it that China now buys so much of our products?


Because their people have seen their incomes go up.

 

[Truthmatters]

Aren't you guys screaming that companies are making record profits???

profits are fine but not spreading the wealth to the vast majority of consumers makes less consumers

 

[Rozman]

Obama says the private sector is doing fine....

 

[Rozman]

Ah, we are back to redistribution of wealth.... The Obama doctrine.

 

[Truthmatters]

How do you rationalise less and less pay for consumers?


Its not very smart