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Originally posted by baltassoc
No doubt some of the things would still get purchased, but there is an inefficiency introduced through a gift-giving process. Items get purchased that the recipient doesn't realy need. Maybe they take them back, maybe they don't. Meanwhile, the things that are actually needed are actually purchased.
Even at a 10 - 20 percent boost, it's enough to mean the difference between growth and stagnation.
[Fuck. I can't believe I'm arguing with you over this. You are such a fucking troll.]
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Plus, damnit, I like the gift giving and the parties and the days off and the solstice and the pretty lights and the decorations and the egg nog and the pretending to be nice to one another and the football and the Grinch on TV (Karloff, not Carrey) and the trees and the mistletoe and the ball dropping and all that crap. And it's all about me. Or it should be.
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