CITIZEN CONSUMERS DOING THEIR PART: BLACK FRIDAY SALES UP OVER LAST YEAR!

NYTIMES/AP:

The nation's retailers got a much-needed sales boost during Black Friday's traditional shopathon as consumers spent more money than they did last year.

According to preliminary data released Saturday, sales on the day after Thanksgiving rose to $10.61 billion.

That's up almost 3 percent from last year's sales of $10.3 billion.

The preliminary figures are from ShopperTrak RCT Corp., a Chicago-based research firm that tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets.

CONSUMERISM AND CONSUMER SPENDING ARE GREAT THINGS - FOR CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS.

REMEMBER: WHEN PEOPLE BUY STUFF, THEY'RE USUALLY BUYING THINGS THE WANT, THINGS THEY THINK ARE GOOD FOR THEM

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL THE STUFF WE BUY GOODS!

• AND WHEN AMERICANS BUY STUFF IT HELPS THE ECONOMY OF THE ENTIRE WORLD!
• SO I SAY: GREAT GOING GUYS!
• NOW KEEP ON BUYING!
• INSTEAD OF BAILOUTS, THE FED GOVT SHOULD BE GIVING TAXPAYERS VOUCHERS TO BUY EVEN MORE GOODS!
• *******UPDATE: SIX HOURS LATER AND GLENN CITES THE SAME DATA. REGULAR READERS KNOW THAT WE BEAT THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. SPREAD THE WORD. BLOGROLL US.