From my inbox this morning:
How to use Your IRS Rebate check
As you may have heard, the Bush Administration said each of us would get a rebate check to stimulate the economy.
If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money, will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs, if we purchase a computer it will go to India, if we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala, if we purchase a good car it will go to Japan, if we purchase useless junk it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy.
We need to keep that money here in America. The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales, since these are the only businesses still in the US.
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Isn’t it the truth though.
Garage sales are good, but of course you’ll be spending all that Arab oil to get to them. ;-)
How about the consignment and resale shops in your area… from clothing to furniture to books, there’s just about ANYthing you need or want in the gently-used market. And, of course, there’s the quality (cheap fall-apart-new from 3rd world or proven-tested experienced goods?) issue, the ecological aspects (the cost to the environment of a single “new” Tshirt will stagger you!) and the shop-local angle to foster and nuture.
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