A Short PSA? What Say You?

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Back in the day, and this was many years ago, there'd be two items on the shelf side by side. One made in Taiwan and the other made in the USA. The one made in Taiwan was 10 cents cheaper, and of course, this was a bit of a novelty and so the one made in Taiwan would go in the cart. "Isn't that great?" the customer would think. Well, he would think that because he had a good job and he could save some money on what he got. Mom didn't have to work. His income was enough to cover everything. Then, one by one, more and more things were on the shelves from Taiwan and less and less things were on the shelf from the USA. Suddenly the customer's factory closed, and he and mom went to Kmart. Not to buy stuff. But to work. And combined they both made less income than when he worked alone. Both of them worked as cashiers at the Kmart. Then one day the company decided to install self-checkouts. "Wow, this is great," they thought. And when they went to the same store they worked at, it was faster and easier to use the self-checkout, and so that's what they did. Suddenly they were handed pink slips from the manager. "Sorry, we don't need as many checkers anymore." The moral of the story is sometimes we create our own problems. Sometimes while we complain about how much we're screwed over, we fail to realize we are helping screw ourselves. Every dollar you spend, and every action you take, has a consequence. It sends a message. It casts a vote. And you can apply this philosophy to more than just killing our own jobs. It applies to many things in life, and sometimes, explains that many of the hardships we face... We ourselves lend ourselves to and create.