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Re: Rocket Science

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From: David Clayton
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:45
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:49:16 +0000, Ziggy wrote:

> Most people don't realize that they spend hundreds or even thousands of
> dollars a year buying the heavily advertised (HA) brand products in the
> grocery and department stores.

Most people are lazy, soft-headed sheep who can be brainwashed into doing
many (many) things that are obviously not in their best interests - this
is called "Capitalism" a.k.a. "The Free Market", and it is very popular.
..........
> 
> When you pay the higher price for the HA brands you are paying for the
> ridiculous high salaries of the CEO's, private jets, golden parachutes
> and for the billions spent on advertising.
> 
> Every time you go to the store you can save several dollars. Over time
> this can amount to a significant amount of money.

And if most people didn't have more money than they really know what to do
with, they would spend the time to shop smartly rather than let their
lives be influenced by the "convenience" of having decisions made by their
TV sets for them.

-- 
Regards, David.

David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
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Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:45:28 +1000
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