Go Buy Something!

This thing with the economy is too big to even get your arms around, so I'm not going to try to sound intelligent about what caused it or what to do about it. I do know that there are still plenty of things that you have to buy, like food, gas, adult beverages, and new tunes for the IPod. The bailouts and economic recovery packages are designed for people to do just that....spend. So, if the government and all the people that screwed up the economy are getting trillions of dollars to spend FAST, why should the rest of us stop?

One thing that would help, along with a moratorium on foreclosures would be a moratorium on layoffs and terminations. Companies could take the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of dollars they budgeted for bonuses, raises and holiday parties and put it in a fund to pay salaries for the next year instead. Better to keep people working then ruin more lives and cause more economic havoc by putting more people on unemployment comp. Let the big guys with the big bucks learn how to clip coupons and run the self-check out at Wal-Mart, and maybe they would understand what it's like to live like the rest of us. Maybe they would care.

Anyway, have some fun and go out and buy something today. It's good for the psyche, and good for the economy. Buy something for yourself, and something for someone else. You get to smile and help someone else smile too. That's priceless.

Have some fun today!