omg the economy!

[keryx]

The other day at work there was talk about personal savings in a big department meeting. It's also been a topic of reporting on NPR lately - that Everyone Is Now Saving. Is everyone now saving? Will everyone now be saving because the media said we were?

I'm fascinated by this idea. Is it true? Will it change the world?
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[drownophelia.livejournal.com]

i'm currently engaged in a hyper-local economic stimulus of tipping well the many cute waitstaff & bartenders i interact with multiple times a week. my personal savings are down, but i assume that the cash i give to them will in turn be spent on other local necessities.

again, with the hyper-local, i frequent music gigs of my friends & roommates, knowing a portion of my door charge will go back into their pockets, and in some cases, back to me in the form of utility checks.

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

That's the way to go! Also, money spent on personal services goes farther than money buying things.

[keryx.livejournal.com]

I love these ideas. I'm trying to apply the spend-local thing with the house stuff.