tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post3496474455277251709..comments2023-10-17T06:16:39.096-05:00Comments on My Two Cents: Monday 12-22Jonathan Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984429728716926528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post-7696951999430429742008-12-23T07:10:00.000-06:002008-12-23T07:10:00.000-06:004:41 nasty nasty...Santa's got you on the naughty ...4:41 nasty nasty...Santa's got you on the naughty list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post-65341199148290638442008-12-22T16:44:00.000-06:002008-12-22T16:44:00.000-06:00Was there a question in anyone's mind that some as...Was there a question in anyone's mind that some asshole would decide to make this an anti-union argument?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post-43537621704301493132008-12-22T14:07:00.000-06:002008-12-22T14:07:00.000-06:00Seem like this is no different than so many other ...Seem like this is no different than so many other areas discussed on your blog. Some things and people get alot for doing little and some people who work their butts off get nothing. <BR/>Maybe Ambercrombie, Hollister, Pacsun and all of the clothes retailers that cater to teens are union organizations, thats why they charge so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post-21572557702348488142008-12-22T11:15:00.000-06:002008-12-22T11:15:00.000-06:00What world did you come from, Jonathan? Where tee...What world did you come from, Jonathan? Where teenagers save their money (and their parents money) for college rather than on movies, gadgets and clothes? I think your disdain for either the teens or their parents is misplaced; I have a teen that babysits and saves her money to go every other month to the mall and buy clothes (she seldom buys items that are not on sale or on clearance). She learns the value of the dollar and we don't have to be constantly shelling out cash for clothes whenever she has a desire for a new shirt or jeans (which I am sure we would as parents). We as the parents understand the need to save for college and deposit regularly in her college savings account. I would never leave it up to any teenager to prepare themselves for adulthood (that's what parents should be doing, at least providing the assistance they can within their own means). Between boyfriends, friends, work, and school, as parents, we are lucky if our teens are grounded enough to maintain themselves <BR/><BR/>Second, you seem critical of the success that certain areas of the retail industry are sustaining despite the recession and the worst xmas retail season in two decades. Good for IPods, Itunes, Ambercrombie, Hollister, Pacsun and all of the clothes retailers that cater to teens. For some reason you seem upset that while some of the mainstay retail industries are seeng the worst sales in 20 years, that an industry that caters to teens succeeds is an insult. I say, Good for them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818120104790188682.post-85769765312915863852008-12-22T09:53:00.000-06:002008-12-22T09:53:00.000-06:00Is it fair to say that consumer confidence is low ...Is it fair to say that consumer confidence is low and that consumers are holding back on spending at that that is crippling our economy?<BR/><BR/>If so, then how can we be critical of spending or is it just the type of spending that we should be critical of?<BR/><BR/>I think that both are true and that our econimy is a "house of cards" that has seen enormous growth over the past decade because of overspending and that a good portion of that growth has been spent overseas because of poor trade negotiations, the belief that cheaper is better, and thefact that the US has a tendancy to over-regulate and over-pay minimum wage workers while our overseas competitors have a tendancy to under-regulate (Chinese polution) and under-pay unskilled labor.<BR/><BR/>For free-trade to work, it seems to me that we would need to even the playing field at least to some degree and I would say that that is what tarrifs are for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com