Affluenza Paper
Often times I go shopping with my mother and when I see something I want, my mother always asks me, “do you really need it or do you want it?” She’ll even say this over a candy bar sometimes. Most of the time I know I don’t need it, but yet I still find myself buying numerous items that I realize a day later I didn’t really need after all. I’m not sure what draws me to buy the things that I buy, is it because it’s the latest trend? Am I just obsessed with shoes? Do I want to be noticed buy people? Do the commercials have a huge impact on my spending status? There are countless reasons why people buy the things they buy. I think the two main reasons why people buy these items are because they’re keeping up with what the media says is “in” and also, in my own opinion, our society has been conditioned into wanting new and better things almost everyday. Somehow, people have been hypnotized or they’ve been conditioned to want to buy things, especially when they have no money to spend. This is where credit cards come in handy to most people today. If you don’t have extra spending money, credit cards provide a loan so you can do your shopping easier, but you have to pay the bill later, when you really
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Approximate Word count = 1249
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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