[expat_panama]

...if it crashes because I and millions like me choose not purchase unneeded and unwanted goods...

Weird.  People complain saying Americans don't save enough, and then they complain saying Americans save too much.

[citizen]

I’m a male citizen so I don’t claim to understand the feminine mindset via-a-vis shopping/spending.

I needed a toaster. Target advertised a $5 toaster. I am still using it 8 years later.

I told co-worker Amanda that I bought a $5 toaster at Target during lunch. She asked if that was all I bought. I said yes, that’s what I went there to buy. Her comment back was that she spent $200 every time she went. I asked why, she replied “Because I’m there.”

Men buy $5 toasters. Women buy everything.