You are spinning everything from anywhere to frame your agenda.
When are you going to allow facts to determine your reality instead of these illogical gyrations you perform to make reality fit your beliefs.
Where do you get that these numbers mean nothing? Where do you get your basis for saying the numbers will drop? What kind of drugs does it take to believe people have more money after the holidays than before - especially a last minute Christmas in a rotten economy?
Do you have any economics background or are you just spouting bull poopey to try to reconcile reality with your dislike of the evil liberales?