Shopaholic Reform: Friday's Daily Damage

Saturday, April 3

Friday's Daily Damage

$396 - BuyWithMe (GloMD MedSpa)
$1.25 - Diet Pepsi from vending machine (needed after the inspection fiasco, see below)

Alright, I can feel you all judging me out there for speding $400 at a spa...BUT let me explain. The deal on BuyWithMe was that for $99 you get $300 worth of laser hair removal, something that I have wanted for a very long time. Just think of not having to shave! Amazing. So since it takes more than one visit for the treatments to work, I bought four vouchers, which equates to me spending $396 for $1,200 worth of services!! It's an INCREDIBLE savings, how could I say no! So while I will be eating rice and frozen vegetables for the month of April I can seek comfort in the fact I will be keeping countless razor blades out of the landfill AND saving water with the shorter showers I will be able to take. You're welcome environment.

On a side note, I tried to get my car inspected today only to find that the Massachusetts inspection gods clearly hate me. I went to three different garages only to be told at each of them that their computers were either down or that they were having trouble with them so it might be a couple of hours (which makes me think that these things must be on a network, if they're all down at once)! Umm...yeah, no thanks. I would rather skirt the law for a while longer by driving around with my expired sticker. Although, I've been told that you have a week after it's expiration to get a new one. Thank you, that is all.

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)