CommComm: Is Shopping ‘Patriotic’

An unfortunate truism, however, is that we are a country in desperate need of more shoppers. Consumer spending makes up 70 percent of the economy and, given that consumer spending is undergoing a sharp decline, the less we shop the worse our economy gets. That is if you believe the economic theory that fewer shoppers equates to declining profits for businesses, which equates layoffs which equates to even fewer Americans with the wherewithal to shop; shopping seems to be the driving factor for most of our economy. This version of economics has even led some observers to state that shopping is an act of Patriotism, such as George Bush urging us to shop after 9/11/ David Laird , Community Comment. More here .

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Question: In these hard times, can it be said that shopping helps the economy and prevents layoffs; therefore, it’s patriotic to shop ‘til you drop?