General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis year we are giving cash as gifts for Christmas.
With the idea that it will be used for necessities.
We have no interest in supporting the economy in our own little way. If the Christmas sales are down even a few percent it would be a gigantic shock.if others did this too.
Fuck the system.

onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)Klarkashton
(3,238 posts)CousinIT
(11,189 posts)NOTHING. Other than taking time off work. That's it. I'm done.
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)Don't let the person being gifted, go out and purchase a non-necessity which supports the economy.
Offer to pay off someone's utility bill. Give toiletries.
Klarkashton
(3,238 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,803 posts)She like to buy stuff for the grandkids and great grandkids. She did vote for VP Harris but doesn't get upset like
I do about the loss through she is depressed.
TwilightZone
(28,835 posts)We shouldn't use Trump's behavior as the basis for our own. We correctly chastised him when he was hoping for the economy to fail for political gain.
A decline in the economy would generally impact those who are most vulnerable the most - minorities and other marginalized groups, people in poverty, people in the lower and middle classes, and so on. Wishing them financial harm, even if indirectly, just to spite Trump seems a bit misguided.
Klarkashton
(3,238 posts)PortTack
(35,464 posts)Klarkashton
(3,238 posts)Thank you for this.
SWBTATTReg
(25,088 posts)coming in is out of the picture in my book. I am voting w/ my pocketbook.