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Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says

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Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says

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"This positive spending is not a reflection of some sort of internalized secret sense of confidence that consumers have."
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    Don’t spend. That is what they want. Spending is just transferring the money into the pockets of the greedy.

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      A lot of younger people are maxing out credit cards and Buy Now Pay Later money lenders and then not paying it back.

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        Yeah but that only works for about a month. Then they are toast.

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          No no. You max everything out then go bankrupt. Like the big companies do.

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