Btw, WHAT'S the CARBON FOOTPRINT on the SHIPPING BACK and FORTH across the PACIFIC?
Just saying....
"As energy prices ease, anxiety doesn't; Wary consumers socking away cash" by Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff | December 26, 2008
.... Economists estimate that at least $200 billion will be put back into consumers' pockets over the next year as energy costs have dropped in half. But Americans, worried about keeping their jobs and their homes, are uncharacteristically hoarding cash instead of spending it....
WHAT CASH? The only ones hoarding are the BANKS!!!
You like an insult with your breakfast, Amurkn? Globe slides over the bowl of s*** everyday. The message is clear: The failing economy is YOUR FAULT because YOU are HOARDING CASH!!
Of course, the banks won't loan or lend you the $$$ anyway, but it is still YOUR FAULT!
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Over the long term, saving is good for the economy because its adds to the amount of money that can be invested in businesses, homes, and other economic activity. But in the short term, Americans' newfound parsimony couldn't come at a worse time. The sinking US economy needs consumers to go on a shopping spree to pull it out of a recession....
Parsimony: "extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources." How's that ELITE INSULT going down, Amurkns? Does the SHIT-STINK MSM ever call the BANKS parsimonious because of their HOARDING of TAXPAYER LOOT?
And YOU better GO DEEPER INTO DEBT to SAVE CHINA'S ECONOMY!! The ARROGANT CHUTZPAH of the MSM is NAUSEATING!
"Economic crisis reverberating in China's toy factories" by Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times | December 26, 2008
DONGGUAN, China - .... The financial meltdown that has thrown so many American families into crisis might be even worse on this side of the world. The precipitous drop in consumer demand has translated into a wave of factory closings that have spit millions of Chinese workers out into the ranks of the unemployed....
Yup, NEVER MIND ALL THOSE Americans TOSSED OUT OF THEIR HOMES and JOBS by the OUTSOURCING and OFFSHORIJNG of JOBS to CHINA!!!!
This is INSULT JOURNALISM, AmeriKa! These fucking agenda-pushing pricks must be LAUGHING at shoving this shit up your asses, Amurkn shit-eaters!
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The Chinese government has promised to take measures to spur consumer spending with the hope that its own people will pick up the slack. But Chinese consumers are unlikely to bail out the beleaguered toy industry.
Yup, CHINA'S BELEAGURED TOY INDUSTRY!! That's what the GLOBALIST PAPER is worried about! Not YOU and YOURS, American!! When was the last time you saw a story about an AMERIUCAN who is UNEMPLOYED and had HIS FACTORY SHUT DOWN?!! That's what I'm talking about.
Oh, as for the Chinese picking up the slack; maybe the forced abortions and the child-control policies that basically force infanticide of baby girls has something to do with the toy market, 'eh?
Although many Chinese have come to love Christmas, decorating trees and windows, piping the ubiquitous Christmas carols into elevators and stores, one thing they don't do is shop. The big consumer holiday here is the lunar New Year, and parents buy clothing and shoes for their children, not toys.
Gee, sounds like you are like the Chinese this year America. Ah, it's good for you.
"All these toys we make are for the foreign children," said 40-year-old Long Sunjun, who runs a small shop near the closed Smart Union toy factory.
So GET OUT THERE, AmeriKa -- the pimping MSM is shouting -- and GET THOSE POST-XMAS DEALS so your kids can suck on poison!!!!
She says that even the children of the toy factory workers seldom were given toys other than squirt guns or balls. "Chinese kids can make their own toys. Besides, they should be studying, not playing with toys."
That's why our kids are so too-pid, huh?
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You are NOT HELPING, Amurka!
NEW YORK -- .... Consumers who saw plenty of bargains before Christmas still seemed to be spending carefully -- meaning even the big discounts may not be enough to salvage one of the most dismal holiday shopping seasons in years. Some were unimpressed with even rock-bottom prices while others were just flat-out returning items for cash....--more--"
I'm heading out to do that now! :-)
