Gross Domestic Wish Production down 42% from their 2011 peak. Many sectors that were ancillary to the wish industry (Make A Wish foundation included) had to move onto manufacturing Hopes, Dreams, and Aspirations, which sadly even as a combined accounting group still don't generate the sort of revenue we saw with the WishEx market during the predepennification era. I think about my grandfather, who worked in wishmithing before it was even regulated, selling scrap copper to throw into ponds to the local community. Maybe we need to return to that, locally sourced wishes would be a smaller industry, but it would open up new opportunities for the next generation to get into the craft.
