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As far as holiday shopping....yeah, I can see that.
I don't plan on buying a lot of gifts and I'm not asking for much. I feel pretty fourtunate right now. Anything else is just extra.
All my needs are taken care of and my wants are fulfilled slowly but surely.
I can't afford to buy anyone anything this year, and I'm certainly not expecting anything for myself. I have a new grand-niece, and this will be her first Christmas. I'd rather they spend it on her instead. She alone is my gift this year....more precious than anything materialistic.
Obama is not change... this is REAL change. Americans will finally learn how to cherish things other than expensive sh*t from the mall like family time and Christmas oriented events. Hopefully once we our out of this mess people will never revert to maxing out the credit cards during holiday seasons. So far many have CHANGED their financial habits... really hope it sticks.
I can't afford to buy anyone anything this year, and I'm certainly not expecting anything for myself. I have a new grand-niece, and this will be her first Christmas. I'd rather they spend it on her instead. She alone is my gift this year....more precious than anything materialistic.
You can tell your Grand-niece that while she was a baby, the world was gripped by a financial catastrophe. Make it a living legend kind of story and then give her the moral of the story: that she, as she gets older does her part to stop this happening again.
You can tell your Grand-niece that while she was a baby, the world was gripped by a financial catastrophe. Make it a living legend kind of story and then give her the moral of the story: that she, as she gets older does her part to stop this happening again.
Nice idea. Hopefully the future will learn from our mistakes.
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we certainly have allowed ourselves to be talked into quite the recession.
I've actually thought that myself. I can't help but think if the damned media would stay quiet, maybe things wouldn't have gotten to where they are. I mean, the negativity could only serve to make people panic and stop spending, which in turn caused corporate profits to drop, which in turn translated into lost income leading to a cutback in production, which led to layoffs because less money was coming in, which led to higher unemployment rates, which caused people to not be able to make their mortgage payments resulting in foreclosures, which caused banks to start stumbling, which caused even MORE negative news stories, which caused even MORE people to panic, which has caused people to stop buying stuff, leading to more lost profits, and on and on and on.....
it's true. I think that with the value of the dollar globally, we were certainly headed for some sort of a recession, but it doesn't help to harp on it. it only makes people paranoid and fear for the worst. that is what the media did. if you tell yourself something enough, eventually you will start to believe it. like I said, an economic downturn was coming, but I don't think the media should have been posting picture of soup kitchens from 80 years ago. americans are impressionable.
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Nice idea. Hopefully the future will learn from our mistakes.
I've actually thought that myself. I can't help but think if the damned media would stay quiet, maybe things wouldn't have gotten to where they are. I mean, the negativity could only serve to make people panic and stop spending, which in turn caused corporate profits to drop, which in turn translated into lost income leading to a cutback in production, which led to layoffs because less money was coming in, which led to higher unemployment rates, which caused people to not be able to make their mortgage payments resulting in foreclosures, which caused banks to start stumbling, which caused even MORE negative news stories, which caused even MORE people to panic, which has caused people to stop buying stuff, leading to more lost profits, and on and on and on.....
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