Posted: 6/6/2008 9:12:38 AM EDT
| Stop by the local Mini Mart today to get a pack of gum. Ask the girl behind the counter how her day was and she started a rant about how much business is off. She was telling me how the regulars have told her how they make a point of filling the gas tank when they go to PA to stock up on smokes. Granted I live near the PA boarder but wonder what the long term effects of the high fuel cost and cigarette taxes will have on gas stations/Mini Marts in NY. Price of milk is still not bad but I have never seen the parking lots so empty at these places. |
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yep. so then the companies make less money, either cut pay, lay off, or close completely. company employees have less or no money, they can't afford to buy things so that's less money going into other businesses. rinse and repeat over and over again, and you have the ripple effect. the inverse is true if you cut taxes and give people more of their hard earned money back. more disposable income = more spending at businesses = business prospers = more jobs/pay raises = more disposable income = more spending = more prosperity = more jobs = etc etc etc. |
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