I think the best example in my mind is tax refunds. Lots of people with tons of debt will get a tax refund and go buy a new big screen TV instead of using it for debt or saving it.
-Cameron On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > and some of it is -- I am trying to think of the word I heard applied to > the economy the other day. Pent-up demand? Big bills tend to get deferred > until they can't be, so the person who gets through a windfall of several > thousand in a few days isn't necessarily spending the money foolishly if > they buy -- let's say -- new glasses, tires for the car, and a laptop made > in the current century. > > Judah could be talking about the sort of emotional spending you're talking > about -- which I think is understandable if self-defeating -- or he may be > trying to explain that there's no such thing as investing part of your > disposable income if there's no disposable income. Certainly that was *my* > point at the time I'm talking about. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
