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properly speaking Black Thursday(Thanksgiving Day) if not Black Friday truly is an “Orgy of Materialism”


21 posted on 11/24/2012 8:49:01 AM PST by RBStealth
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The opposite is an orgy of children’s shoes.

In the former Soviet Union the government enforced quotas on industries. When a major shoe manufacturer encountered material shortages, to meet the quota so that the managers wouldn’t be sent to a Siberian resort for a little rehabilitation, the company just stopped making adult shoes, which needed more material, and just made children’s shoes. Naturally this led to an acute shortage of adult shoes and an “orgy” of children’s shoes in the marketplace - the quota was met!


23 posted on 11/24/2012 9:19:09 AM PST by DeprogramLiberalism
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