Recession Will Be Nasty And Deep, Economist Says

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Aug, remodeling is Up. because people will spend their last dime on a remodel, hoping that it will help the Sale.

I know that. It's one of my sales pitches. Blah Blah. Do this, and the value goes up Blah Blah.
I travel ALOT. And one of the things I notice is, no matter the time of day, the roads/ stores are PACKED. I mean, why aren't these people at work? Not everyone does what I do. WalMart today at 2pm was STUFFED. And if it was that bad, A: Where are these people getting their money? B: Why aren't they working? It just seems to me like consumerism is like out of control. I know I mentioned walmart (I hate that place) but that was just ONE store out of thousands that I see all week that are full no matter the time of day. Could it be another form of fear mongering is what I'm asking.

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They are blaming it on Hurricane Katrina.

Wasn't that last year. I just happened to notice that a 10' stick of copper pipe that used to seel for like 10 dollars two months ago, is now 30$. How can it have taken a goddam YEAR for it to have hit. I think it's just an excuse for prices to go up. Which is fine by me, cause when material prices go up, so does mine to install them. I added 10% last year for the gas increase, why should the fact that gas is more mean I have to make less? That rolls right onto the consumer.