DISQUS

Consumerism Commentary: Tracking the Economy By Looking at Underwear

  • Dave_N · 6 months ago
    But hasn't the need to purchase new underwear been increased by looking at recent 401K statements? As in "Oh ....!"
  • SimplyForties · 6 months ago
    LOL - I never met a man to whom buying underwear was a priority. Feast or famine, their underwear is in tatters!
  • Lulu · 6 months ago
    I have reduced purchases of general clothing but I think I am about the same on underwear.

    This is interesting to note though, because I think some other friends of mine have changed their underwear spending habits.
  • Eden · 6 months ago
    That's funny. I haven't had to cut the underwear budget yet.
  • Mike · 6 months ago
    Also according to Greenspan, the Federal Reserve had nothing to do with this failing economy. So I don't believe anything he, or anyone from there, says.

    There may be some truth to the whole underwear thing. Either way, he's just (successfully) diverting attention away from themselves. After all, we're talking about underwear sales instead of the Fed's role in this fiasco.
  • Mike · 6 months ago
    It also really makes you wonder how a man can become head of the Federal Reserve if he uses underwear sales to track the economy.

    ...WOW!

    Am I the only one scared to death of people like this, given these kinds of positions of power?
  • Eric · 6 months ago
    LOL. This made my day..
  • Enrique S · 6 months ago
    I'm no longer a clothes horse, but I've actually spent more this year on clothing, because I lost 20 pounds. Even my shoes felt too loose! I usually buy new stuff when my old stuff has seen better days. My wife keeps me from dressing too shabby.