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NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief in April after months of dismal sales, gravitating toward less expensive discounters and wholesale clubs but generally still shying away from stores selling clothes and other non-necessities.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
When dollars are tight, people have to make choices about where to spend them.
If you go to costco or target, you tend to get more bang for your buck.
I agree with you that this doesn't bode well for small independent operators.
If I go to one of the stores in my small downtown, socks cost $6 per pair. When I was at costco, I purchased 8 pair of the same socks for $9.
I don't have enough money to shop at my downtown stores anymore. That's my economic reality.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
I don't have enough money to shop at my downtown stores anymore. That's my economic reality.
Originally posted by DezertSkies
Originally posted by Wildbob77
True, i don't have a family, and neither will in this state of affairs because i refuse to create another life in a world gone mad. There's a word for that, CHILD ABUSE. I refuse to be the one responsible for causing another soul to enter this hell. I will not create a life in order to hand it over to the machine, period. That's just selfish to the utmost degree. I wish i could as i'd love to be able to pass on my legacy via my offspring, but i will not create a life to be fed to the machine.
While I'm ever so happy for you that you are surviving comfortably on your $10 K a year, you should disabuse yourself of the notion that it's economically viable for everyone else to do the same.
I'm stunned at your allegation that the simple act of bringing forth life is tantamount to child abuse. Your attitude towards life is so apathetic and self-centered. The person who is selfish is not the one having a child they love and cherish and take care of, by far. There is so much self-sacrifice involved with rearing children that it's almost hilarious to hear it called selfish. It sounds more like you just don't want to have any real responsibilities. If you want to live a slacker lifestyle, then all the power to you, but don't try to hide behind some lame excuse about how the world is not idyllic and therfore it's selfish to bring a child into it. How disrespectful that attitude is, towards your parents and towards all parents.
The world had never been idyllic and never will be. But life goes on...