is it really labor day?

So do you have to be employed to consider labor day a holiday? The irony is that when I did have a job I would have 100% been working on labor day. I was a retail manager...big box even. That means my boss and all the support staff would have the day off while I worked hard trying to make budget with no customers. Now that I stay home and take care of the house it really was like a day off. Not to say that what i do at home isn't work...subject for another post. I just mean that some of the people who most need a day off aren't getting one. Be nice to the person who approaches you when you ask for the manager...they might not be having a good day either. Our economy is based solely on consumption which leaves little room for family values and personal satisfaction or happiness. We are constantly in search of what to buy next. We should be focused on what to DO next. Stop buying stuff you don't need, start reading and playing with your kids...hell, maybe even raise them yourself using all that money you are saving from not buying worthless, lead-filled junk made in China. Support businesses that close on Sundays...Hobby Lobby, Chick-Filet--sad those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. Sad.