US Labor Day Holiday

[Americano]

I've never understood any of the single holidays but Independence Day and Xmas for the retail trade. I've always thought they were devised by government workers wanting more time off work and of course the masses always cheer that type of government policy.

This one seems like all the rest, a deep recession making it perhaps 80% of its normal contribution to the consumer driven economy. That should result in lower traffic deaths but DWIs, domestic violence and property damage will all still spike.

It is worth it?

[Michael]

I've never understood any of the single holidays but Independence Day and Xmas for the retail trade. I've always thought they were devised by government workers wanting more time off work and of course the masses always cheer that type of government policy.

This one seems like all the rest, a deep recession making it perhaps 80% of its normal contribution to the consumer driven economy. That should result in lower traffic deaths but DWIs, domestic violence and property damage will all still spike.

It is worth it?

Labor Day in the USA represents the attempt to avoid celebrating May 1st as Labor Day (as everyone else does) since that date represents the revolutionary power of labor and that just won't do.

[Lily]

One of my kids in the ER told me Labor Day was about mommys crying when they went to the hospital to have babies. Then when the baby came, they were happy again.

I thought that was just too cute! :lol: