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Friday, October 22, 2010

Supply and Demand

I shall not  buy anything except necessities at full price... until such time that my savings are earning a reasonable rate on interest. Otherwise, there will soon be a run on the domestic "piggy bank".

I repeat, I shall not buy anything except the basic necessities at a price that is not heavily discounted for the reason of sales, clearance, grand openings, holiday sales... or deflation itself!... until the infernal concertina of "creative destruction" - American Capitalism - finds a way to let us live our lives like free peoples, living off the fruits of their labors, and not watch everything we worked for dribble away. Otherwise, we shall dance to its hellish music like Snow White's stepmother, our dancing feet encased in red-hot boots!
(The Brothers Grimm version of Snow White.)

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