"Wall Street's expectations of consumer confidence month after month are based on economic data. The only things consumers look at are jobs and their wallets, both of which are getting thinner," said John Challenger, chief executive of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2003/07/31/2003061734
THE PIPER WILL BE PAID Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives Followed the piper for their lives From street to street he piped advancing And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came to the river Wiser Wherein all plunged and perished