--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > In the meanwhile, let's hold the chinese reds off by staying current on our payments of consumer debt to them. Prudently let us tighten the belt, spend a lot more time meditating and a lot less time and credit on frivolous consumer goods.
I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New Age" products: http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-\ features/new_age_products/ <http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product\ -features/new_age_products/> And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars and self-improvement programs. http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Impro\ vement-Products-Services-7284574/ <http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Impr\ ovement-Products-Services-7284574/> "There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum
