Last week I was in my hotel room in Costa Rica watching CNN Headlines News. The report that the U.S. lost 4,000 jobs instead of gaining an anticipated 110,000 came on. The announcer looked serious. Then they cut to a travel story about the best places to shop, all high end merchandise like expensive stuff like shoes and dresses. The hostess was all cheery and happy. People are losing their jobs and the television is still shilling, shit, the news programs are selling now.
The question I have is, who's gonna buy all this stuff if they don't have a job.
More and more, especially in the U.S., I know people who are just living paycheck to paycheck. Maybe they have jobs, but they don't have the extra money for a goddamn $200 pair of shoes that is nothing but a couple of straps and a scrap of leather on the bottom.
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