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i want another national holiday on the calendar...a worthy one
Published May. 2, 2008
If one were to list all the recognized holidays we have, the list would be quiet long. Some of them are worthy to have, to celebrate, and to have off from work in honor of their observance. Included in that list are New's Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, Mother's day, Father's day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth Of July, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
I've often wondered how the vast number of other holidays came into play, like Secretary's Day, President's Day, Valentne's Day, Halloween, etc., etc. I think one likelihood is that they were someone's idea that deemed profitable and became official. A lot of money is spent celebrating Valentine's Day, Halloween...and especially President's day. We pay dearly for the latter one by paying Federal workers to sit at home while the rest of us have to go to work. In my opinion, that one needs to be eliminated. Why treat the government employees to a paid day off when our tax dollars are in short supply already?
Now, for the real reason for my blog...I hereby want to declare one week out of the year to be designated as "Buy Only American-Made Products Week". I'm thinking the first week in July would be an idea time to have it, as we celebrate Independence day right along with it. Gosh what a boost that would be to our economy if everybody celebrated it by buying only products made in the USA just for one week!! Doing so would shed a beam of light onto just how much our buying habits really affect our economy's health. The week before would be the perfect time to buy stock in American-owned companies, and the week after would be the perfect time to sell that stock for a profit. Any takers on this new holiday?
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Later, I tried to find some sleeves for my CD backups. Same thing. I never found one that was made somewhere other than China. I was going to use envelopes, but, you guessed it, they are also made in China.
You might as well call the Week, "Don't spend any money Week".
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What a crock
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