Mother’s Day Seen as Crucial Boost for US Economy
Economists around the country are hoping a successful Mother’s Day shopping season will help boost the struggling
“Look at it this way,” financial analyst Steve Clerk says. “You’ve got hundreds of thousands of cards, flowers, and miscellaneous junk gifts being bought in a very short period of time, in addition to all the normal spending people do. Tack onto that the millions of restaurant meals people will be purchasing and we may very well stave off the coming economic collapse for another six months—or at least until Father’s Day.”
Manuel Diaz, staff writer for the Wall Street Journal, notes that this is symptomatic of an economy that no longer relies on manufacturing. “We are a consumer society, so if you want to see growth the people need to spend, not create. And with the real estate crash we’ve only just begun to enter, we’ll need more and more Hallmark holidays to keep the country afloat.”
Experts agree, and if both Mother’s and Father’s Day spending estimates are met, several corporate-pocketed Congressmen are expected to introduce legislation for more such “days.” A few candidates are: My Baby Daddy Day; Hospital Newborn Mix-up Repatriation Day; Meet the Bastard I Fathered with a Moroccan Prostitute Day; and Creepy Old Person We Think We’re Related to Day.
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