All of us, the Right, as well as the Left, have a moral duty to hold the President accountable.
Holiday Spending Up 8.7%
People are spending money in shops instead of following the example of Time Magazine's noble Persons of the Year , Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono.
Do not people realize that "the wretched of the earth" are in need!
And, of course, It Is All Bush's Fault!
From a Reuters article, Holiday retail spending up 8.7 pct :
Holiday retail spending up 8.7 pct: report [/] Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:37 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers spent 8.7 percent more during the just ended holiday shopping period than in the comparable period a year ago, according to a report from an affiliate of MasterCard International, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
[…] The report found the biggest increases in spending on home furnishings, up 15.2 percent, followed by consumer electronics and appliances, up 10.5 percent. Spending on jewelry was down 4.6 percent. [/] The report covers spending in stores and on the Internet, and includes food sales. It excludes spending on autos and gasoline. [My ellipses and emphasis]
Jewelry sales are down almost 5%, and, rather obviously, It Is All Bush's Fault!
