On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Justin Scott 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. > > 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.
Well said! The "me first" mentality is what's wrecking us. Which makes it even funnier that "socialism" is seen as so bad. :Den -- Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. Friedrich Nie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:328718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
