tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post2972670834779687247..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Retail sales beat, but still not impressiveScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-42804981485578755862013-11-20T22:40:09.362-08:002013-11-20T22:40:09.362-08:00The glass is half full...could wish for a top-up. ...The glass is half full...could wish for a top-up. <br /><br />Something missing...everything Grannis says is true, on the supply-side....mounting monthly disability payments to SSDI and vets---now at 12 million monthly checks---cannot encourage people to work...<br /><br />for all of that, it is demand that is pathetic....<br /><br />If the Fed being too timid, feeble, dithering? <br /><br /><br Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-17996374197540186542013-11-20T14:43:10.782-08:002013-11-20T14:43:10.782-08:00CBP said: " ... (lack of) performance of the ...CBP said: " ... (lack of) performance of the economy can be almost completely explained by the lack of growth in the labor force (those working and looking for work). Upwards of 10 million people have "dropped out" of the labor force, giving up in their search for jobs. This can "be traced in part to an increase in government transfer payments (e.g., extended unemployment sgt.red.blue.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08132657702786638326noreply@blogger.com