Reply #8: Well I needed some stuff for a birthday and new sheets

[nadinbrzezinski]

the store wasn't that full

But it is sad that people fail to understand that our economy is set to fail or succeed on consumption

This was a policy decision made in the 1930s, read that again... but modern consumerism goes to the Roosevelt admin, fully implemented by trumman and finally became the way of life by the 70s

There are plenty of laws of unintended consequences, but the economy DEPENDS on consumption

I doubt the news critters kNOW why this is so, but it is so