Google “Adbusters Flag.” Its an interesting conversation piece.

And yes, most kids don’t care about labels. Alas, some kids in this country become entitled divas if the focus is on labels (on sale or not). Luckily, my folks took me garage sale shopping for some of my clothes and allowed me to get excited about choosing “new” clothes from a box of hand-me downs from a girl older than I was. I even know moms who insist on buying their kids Designer Name baby clothes to prove to the world they are affluent (and some are, bless them, struggling on food stamps, but dang if they don’t insist on clothing labels).

I just wish there was a “store” in the mall where I could buy stocks, bonds, and investments with helpful, perky sales staff. More people would gladly shop for investments at the mall if the packaging was right and there was great customer service. Meanwhile I’ll suffer recycling the tall stack of circular ads each Sunday and continue to think I need that stuff instead of what I really need: Growing Retirement and Investments with a nice rate of return.