Another fine Jon Carroll column:
I’m not saying people shouldn’t buy things; I’m saying that it is unwise for people to buy things because buying things makes them feel rich. I’m saying that it is imprudent to buy things if it means spending the rest of the year paying off interest on credit card debt.
The mania of Black Friday has to do partly with getting deals. I remember a family that used to go to the Black Friday sales every year, even before the name Black Friday was current. I used to ask them what they got at the store; the answer came down to “50 percent off.”
Read it here.