obama or McCain

bulletandpima
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:18:03 +0000

I am a strong believer in the trickle down theory.

Let’s expound on the trickle down. We make in the 6 figures, but not very high over it. Before the gas prices went up, we would eat out 1 night every weekend, now I have had to tighten the belt it is 1x a month. Is our lifestyle changed, yes! Am I effected besides not going to the movies as often or eating out as often, No! Now let’s believe I am the norm on tightening the belt, which I am sure I am…no longer waiting at the restaurant 30 min, but immediately seated is a clear sign…no longer sold out movie theatres 30 min prior. That means the restaurants will lay off, the movie theatres will too, just to make profits. Does that effect me at all? No, but I am sure it effects the person making less than 75K. Look at homeowners, they too will not renovate their home as quickly, thus Lowes or Home Depot will leave the vacancy open instead of filling it. How about the person who is making 250K, if they tighten their belt, well it is one less Kate Spade bag a yr, which means Macy’s will also leave the opening vacant to cut costs. All of tese people are making less than 75K and now have less hrs and less pay, the person making 125K will eat out less or not go to Cold Stone Creamery for the heck of it (again the person under 75K is effected), the person making 150K will have to re-use their 07 Prada bag instead of getting a new one in 08. The person making 75K has less hours, thus less pay and they will no longer be ordering in Pizza for a family of 4 from Papa Johns (35 bucks), instead they will buy frozen pizza (10 bucks), which means Papa Johns will have to not hire someone so their profits remain high enough…again someone making under 75K will lose money.

75K doesn’t have the disposable income that someone at 250K does…money makes the world keep going round.

When Bullet and I married 20 yrs ago, he made @25K a yr and I kept saying when he gets his next promotion we will have money, eventually you learn the more money you make the more you spend