Posted 9/6/2009 19:49 (#837420 - in reply to #837165) Subject: RE: A question for the ladies.
SPAM is a prime example of a "Giffin good" (I hope I recalled that correctly as econ in college was long ago), meaning that as someones buying power(income) goes up, they demand less SPAM. In other words, if they have the money, they prefer to buy something else and leave the SPAM in the store.