consumer, mitchell is insecure position right now. i think the consumer has a feel for it because it s contacting them the most. they are the one who go to the grocery store. they are the ones who go to the gas station. so the sentiment is definitely suppressed. however, if you look at holiday shopping. holiday shopping is crazy. i was at a mall yesterday here in nawsh packed. so i think they are saying one thing when they respond to a survey and when they try to get back to normal like shopping. they are doing it the way they used to. will: adds that antidotal observation streets of new york city were packed last night. i don t even what that indicates or what that means on monday where we are headed with new lockdowns whatever those antidotal observations offer we are in a odd position to predict. mitchell rochelle good luck with michigan later. go blue. will: up next, when the taliban retook control of afghanistan the terror group banned music
returns this year. fortune 500 companies are beginning to file their annual reports and a pattern is emerging that isn t sitting well with some. giants like amazon, general motors and haliburton show they no no to little income taxes in 2018 and in some cases are getting a refund. taxpayers are discovering their own refunds are less with the average being down 9% but there s a reason for that. let s bring in mitchell rochelle. okay. i have seen a lot of this reporting. let s start with the corporations. do corporations pay zero taxes? no. some of them, once they get a loss, they go back and claw that back for this year. so all this is lawful. i think there s a lot of focus on a handful of corporations for a variety of reasons are paying no or very little tax, may have gotten a refund. they may have credits from other jurisdictions. i think there s a lot of focus