Thanksgiving day and the few days afterwards mark a bench mark for the economy. For the last few years it has been bad news as the economy shrunk and sales were down. This year the people came out in droves ready to buy and all reports show a growth in numbers and value. As snowbirds make up a large part of the economy here in Florida there appears to be more and earlier numbers this year. We notice the licence plates have changed from Florida to every state in the union and Canada.
The roads are busy, lineups at restaurants and super stores are growing and there are smiles on the faces of clerks and owners. The Target Store opened at 4am yesterday and there were almost a 1000 people lined up at 4am, Crowds at JJgregs was blocks long and customers were happy with the discounted prices. For the sports people there were 800 people waiting for the opening at Bass Pro Shop and owners were saying it was the best year in the past 5 years.
I guess what I am saying is that maybe the depression, not recession is slowly coming to an end. It is my deep belief that it will not happen again because this generation will have learned a good lesson. Back in the thirties with the great depression a generation of careful people resulted an the recovery was sure and steady. I believe that the same thing might occur and we will experience a generation of careful stewards of our economy.
If individuals take responsibility for their own life then collectively we will have a better world and maybe even the governments will be able to act in like manner.
Yes, except for all the people who don't have jobs, I think people were just holding back with their spending to be sure they would survive these past two years. I hope the jobs will start coming back soon.
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