Deseret News | Reader comments: Retail sales plummet 2.7 percent in December

Reader comments
Retail sales plummet 2.7 percent in December

Conservative Consumer | 7:56 a.m. Jan. 14, 2009

Isn't it a good thing that we as a nation are saving more and spending less? The whole reason we are in the mess we are in is because consumers in the past have outspent what they should have. Any stimulus package that comes my way will go straight into savings. It's not going to help the economy as much as they want, but it will make our deficit HUGE and hurt our children. Please encourage your lawmakers to rethink passing this promised stimulus.

What Would You Expect | 8:50 a.m. Jan. 14, 2009

Theives, liars, and GREEDY owners, managers and all financial market deciet has finally caught up with the very ones that brought it on. Not to mention the tranfer of jobs to foreign countries. Now big shots sleep in the bed you have made. We the little citizens who are low and middle income will survive, but you people have pulled the wool over our eyes for the last time. The future will be different for you and your buddies. No more will the tens of millions be paid to one of you theives without you being exposed and prosecuted.

nottyou | 11:10 a.m. Jan. 14, 2009

How is a 2.7% decrease in sales a "plummet?" With all the different businesses folding, a slight decrease in sales isn't all that bad. Right now, the auto industry would kill for a 2.7% decrease versus 40% or higher.

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