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In response to "So because they're spending less at Saks Fifth Avenue, the other 95% have stopped shopping at Walmart?" by JaxSean

The theory of course goes that when they spend less at Saks then the employees of Saks and their suppliers have to spend less too. -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Aug 2 '10, 12:08

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So the guy that drives the truck that delivers the clothes to Saks spend less. So that's like .01% of the % that even shop at Saks. - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:13 10
- I was talking about my buddy's sailboat down in Virginia on a backboard... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:24 9
  - Sure your exemple has an effect, but IMO it's nothing compared to 200 millions people buying peanut butter - Guigue Aug 2, 12:26 8
    - Not the same, no... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:31
    - There's a reason that there's such a thing a the Big Mac index - Reagen Aug 2, 12:29 2
      - hee -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:36
      - We should start the yacht index - Guigue Aug 2, 12:30
    - "30 years of history prove otherwise, but it'll work this time by golly!!" -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:27 3
      - Yeah, those years under Reagan were horrible. If only we could've brought back Carter. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 12:37 2
        
        If only the mindset had stopped with Reagan. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:40 1
        
        Sadly, you're right. - Strongbad Aug 2, 12:45
but that's countered, I think, by the proportion of money they put back into the economy through spending in the first place. - znufrii Aug 2, 12:09

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