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Monday, December 1, 2008 08:47 PM
Original article: Uncle Sam needs to go shopping. Not us

your column seems like every other headline

logical but not emotionally true... Americans buy based on emotion, not rationale

the mall here is packed daily with holiday shoppers and check the numbers for retail sales, they are not as one dimensional as you portray

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