We have some friends that have been really scraping by because one of them lost their job almost a year ago. Well, they are both finally working again and you can sure tell the pressure is off. After being back at work for only 3 days, they’ve gone out and bought a big screen television. Apparently all their fears and worries about how they were going to get by have all fallen away.
If only I could shake them a bit and get them to think about building an emergency fund and paying down some of their massive debt before they embark on a new quest of materialistic hedonism. Oh well, I guess someone has to stimulate this economy. Apparently the stress of selling off some of their assets and just barely scraping by hasn’t changed their overall view of “stuff”.
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