And it's your right and privilege to save or invest your money (Reply #77)

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:26 PM

77. And it's your right and privilege to save or invest your money

I know what you're talking about, this last month, my lady and I cut the cable. A one-time expense for a really good antenna, on a really good sale, and I get free TV, in hi-def, no less (won the TV at my union dinner). But others who wish to spend on cable, including premium channels, can do whatever they want with what money they earn.

Hey, right now, I'm drinking some damned good beer that is way better than Bud-Miller-Coors. Even though I got it on sale, with a special shipping promotion, and a ten dollar off coupon to boot, it still costs way more than mass produced swill. I'm happy, some Oregon brewer is happy, and the driver who brought it to my door is happy. What's not to like about people spending their money in ways that bring some relief to the dreariness of life?

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85 replies	Author	Time	Post
Recession, layoffs, uncertainty? Yet we just throw millions upon millions [View all]	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	OP
Bread and circuses, not so heavy on the bread.	stopbush	Nov 2012	#1
Movies were popular through the Depression	Fumesucker	Nov 2012	#2
Both Hollywood and radio 'came of age' during the Great Depression	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#67
Oh good, a Blame-The-Working-Class thread	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#3
+1	HiPointDem	Nov 2012	#4
That's the OP's stock and trade.	99Forever	Nov 2012	#6
If it's not the Working Class it's families... n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#20
+2	Starry Messenger	Nov 2012	#28
For reals	alcibiades_mystery	Nov 2012	#34
whatever, you are concerned over the strangest things	quinnox	Nov 2012	#5
All those "professionally-disappointed Obama voters" have to spend that cash somehow ...	zbdent	Nov 2012	#7
Cash is best not spent. That's any time, but certianly during an economic downturn.	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#11
They can't put it into banks ...	zbdent	Nov 2012	#22
yeah, well i came into the thread thinking	newspeak	Nov 2012	#38
my late father, an economist, had a different view.	salin	Nov 2012	#44
Of course it does. I'm talking about individuals not saving their money	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#48
Ah, a 1% type.	PDJane	Nov 2012	#51
Stick around.	trotsky	Nov 2012	#54
It's "idiotic" for someone to think they deserve to keep their money?	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#57
Start with the fact that money has no intrinsic value.	PDJane	Nov 2012	#58
No thank you on passing my money around to others. I pass it to others when I am going to	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#61
he was talking about individuals.	salin	Nov 2012	#71
Excellent posts. +1 nt	laundry_queen	Nov 2012	#75
thank you, laundry_queen	salin	Nov 2012	#80
And it's your right and privilege to save or invest your money	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#77
Why live life if you don't spend on things that make you happy? I am afraid you have things mixed.	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#60
I wait for them to hit RedBox.	HopeHoops	Nov 2012	#8
i don't go to movies with you	dionysus	Nov 2012	#9
!	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#18
I'm guessing the OP is probably the world's cheapest cheap date.	Initech	Nov 2012	#50
Is that the guy that brags about cheap homemade pizzas when other people are talking about	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#62
Ha ha I hear that. To quote Jerry Seinfeld: "Cheapness is not a sense."	Initech	Nov 2012	#70
Perfect! n/t	trotsky	Nov 2012	#53
So you are arguing for Higher unemployment?	cthulu2016	Nov 2012	#10
What an incredibly stupid thread.	tritsofme	Nov 2012	#12
So they deserve to have those millions? Not the people who's money it was before?	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#14
People can spend their money how they choose.	tritsofme	Nov 2012	#19
maybe you should save some money by getting rid of your internet connection.	dionysus	Nov 2012	#24
I hate to think of his ISP getting his money undeservedly	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#33
The movie houses hire people. The movie houses buy movies that are made by working	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#63
Popcorn anyone?	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#13
I prefer Sno Caps. Interesting, DUers seem to be...	WorseBeforeBetter	Nov 2012	#23
Here, have some sno caps	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#31
Here, have some Flicks	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#32
Well thank you	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#36
Mmm... thanks!	WorseBeforeBetter	Nov 2012	#35
You prefer people walking around in sackcloth and ashes?	Ruby the Liberal	Nov 2012	#15
It's all or nothing for some	laundry_queen	Nov 2012	#76
Heh. Yeah - I see that.	Ruby the Liberal	Nov 2012	#85
True enough, I wish it employed more people	treestar	Nov 2012	#16
What's the magic number for you?	WorseBeforeBetter	Nov 2012	#21
I've no doubt it employs a lot of people	treestar	Nov 2012	#43
Awww! I was going to say that!! NC is wooing Hollywood like crazy	SaveAmerica	Nov 2012	#84
Thank you for this thread! Because it's a fun opportunity for you	JanMichael	Nov 2012	#17
Which compares greatly to the multi-billion dollar clown show	SomethingFishy	Nov 2012	#25
It used to be cigarettes. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#26
RB TexLa - The One Man Facepalm.	HughBeaumont	Nov 2012	#27
HIDE THE MONEY IN THE MATTRESSES!	Drunken Irishman	Nov 2012	#30
Agreed. Don't people know they should sit in their homes and wallow at their lot in life?	Drunken Irishman	Nov 2012	#29
Oh jaysus fucking christ!	Texasgal	Nov 2012	#37
you forgot the sarcasm icon, yes?	niyad	Nov 2012	#39
I second what everybody on this thread said	lunatica	Nov 2012	#40
And going to restaurants!! And buying stuff they don't "need"	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#41
What are people supposed to spend their money on? n/t	hughee99	Nov 2012	#42
folks need entertainment, even more in tough times...money well spent	spanone	Nov 2012	#45
So what? We should not go out and have fun?	Initech	Nov 2012	#46
135m div by 311,591,917 = 43 cents per American	Prometheus Bound	Nov 2012	#47
I went to see Wreck-It Ralph last weekend.	Jennicut	Nov 2012	#49
Yeah really. I saw Skyfall last weekend. Best Bond since Goldfinger.	Initech	Nov 2012	#52
I won't stop taking my girls to the movies.	Jennicut	Nov 2012	#64
Don't stop. Your girls will thank you when they are women. I don't get the OP. nt	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#65
You can't be serious	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#55
One even wonders what his point is on this site?	Rex	Nov 2012	#72
No thanks!	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#83
::flip off::	BarackTheVote	Nov 2012	#56
You know	Livluvgrow	Nov 2012	#59
Welcome to DU. You're dead right. nt	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#66
Exactly. You only live once. Enjoy life while you're here and don't pay attention to doom & gloom.	Initech	Nov 2012	#69
Entertainment should be banned. For the good of the country, of course.	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#68
Can you believe this shit passes the smell test?	Rex	Nov 2012	#73
OP has a history	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#78
Thank you.	Rex	Nov 2012	#81
But if we're going to start monitoring the movie theaters	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#74
priorities	Etraker	Nov 2012	#79
Don't you mean "...AT the garbage IN movie theatres..?"	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#82

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