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Henican: Wishing you a merry 'Money Christmas'
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Years from now, people will still remember 2008 as the Money Christmas — and not because we all have so much of it now.
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t felt this broke since college.
And 2008 didn’t become the Money Christmas because Grandma decided, after all these years, to slip $50s — not $20s — into the little money envelopes she sends to the kids this time of the year.
Honestly, Grandma, it’s the thought that counts, not the denomination — although, yes, some greedy eyes did shine a few watts brighter when the Christmas-Eve-Eve mail arrived.
But that goes only so far.
This is the Money Christmas because — let’s just face it — the impossible issues of money, money, money are dominating not just the news right now but also our lives. The lack of money. The lust for money. The hope that some day, we might actually have some money again.
Is this really what the Celebration of the Birth of Christ is supposed to be about? Of course not. But here it is, Money Christmas, 2008.
Money: Not enough to pay the mortgage.Money: Not enough to fill the stores.
Money: Mega-bailouts for Detroit and Wall Street.
Money: Not even mini-bailouts for you and me.
Money: The CEOs are still getting theirs.
Money: Blago’s auctioning a Senate seat on eBay.
Money: Caroline’s obviously loaded, but she won’t say how much or from where.
Money: The MTA has so little, the subway fare could be $3 soon.
Money: Gave it away to Bernie Madoff.
Money: Mets and Yanks think we should be pay more for their stadiums.
Money: Your pension and my 401K — both cut in half.
Money: Barack’s coming — and he’d better get us some.
When I was a kid and $10 was Grandma’s Christmas denomination, we had a sticker on the back of our car. “Keep Christ in Your Christmas.”
We could probably use a new one now: “Christmas: Give Cash This Year.”
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