On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ...and there is rarely added value just for 'buying American'. > > And that's what this discussion really comes down to. Value for who? Most > people consider the value to themselves, but what about the value of the > feeling of knowing that you're helping an American business stay afloat and > keeping people employed. That is valuable to society as a whole, of which > you are part, therefore it should be valuable to you too.
I have made it pretty clear that in this economy, I need to be concerned with my family first, I need to make sure that we get the most bang for our buck. If I can save 15%-20% on even half my purchases, that adds up to a lot of money over the course of a year. > > That is the logical way of thinking about it, but you, I, and pretty much > everyone else is still going to go to Walmart and see the same thing or > better for 15-20% less and buy it there instead because we're looking out > for ourselves first. Then we see articles and hear the talking heads go on > and on about lost jobs and we all look to the Government to save us. South > Park really hit this point home with their episode on the topic a few years > back. We, the consumers, deserve just as much blame as the corporations and > the unions. Agreed..I even said as much in an earlier post in this thread. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.co ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
