Who doesn't like saving money right? If you can get a deal on something you really desire you get a large sense of satisfaction by be able to say, "I got it on sale". The thing is that, our desire for money only seems to be exponentially growing to the point of a semi-national-practice-informal "holiday"
This holiday I speak of is called Black Friday and it occurred roughly a week ago. Named in part because it lands on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and also, because in the past, traffic lights supposedly went black due to people speeding to stores and getting in accidents (source: here).
To me, a core American value seems to be the obsession with saving money. PBS was quoted in an article saying that, "America has definitely become a money obsessed culture". I couldn't agree more. If you aren't quite following, i'll provide a couple of examples. First, as I have already stated before, black friday has become an event so popular that people are now spending time on Thanksgiving, the national day of giving thanks, to go to stores and wait in line for midnight releases of deals. Another reason why Americans are obsessed with saving money can be seen in our interests in entertainment.I mean, we have a television show on TLC called, "Extreme Couponing" where the main goal is to get the most food items for the least amount of stuff. If America isn't obsessed with saving, who is? If America is obsessed with saving, is that a good or bad thing?
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