I Am Not A Consumer; I Am A Person.
Can I just tell you that I hate when pundits call me a consumer? Last time I checked I was not a consumer but rather a person who happens to buy things once in a while. My sole purpose in life is not to buy enough stuff to prop up failing companies or line the pockets of some corporate big-whig. I buy what I need, when I need it, and then I work to save the rest of my money. But for some reason, the news likes to peg me as a consumer and run stories about “consumer confidence” – my supposed confidence in spending enough money to keep the economy going. However, that’s not what I was put on earth to do and I have worked pretty hard to escape that kind of mentality that seems to be the norm. I get up in the morning, I work for a living, and I buy the things necessary to my life – that does not make me a consumer but rather a human contributor to society. So please stop trying to make me responsible because I don’t buy enough stuff…
