To start. how & where we spend our money is the best control we have over the system.
I think it is important that we use the power we have in our spending to support the people who give us the best value.
Keep your debt to a minimum. Don't be afraid to use cash.
Remember the banks get a cut every time you swipe that card. Getting money back from the card? It is really your money after the banks take a chunk of it
We should cut back on buying junk.
Be less wasteful.
Be wiser eaters.
You can wear that clothing a couple of more times.
You don't have to be the first to buy that new thing.
Soda, beer & smokes is a waste.
Shop at places that have better employees. Those that do their job well & seem to enjoy working. The owners may well be treating them well or at least better than others.
Have a kind word for those you meet.
Be quicker to please & slower to complain.
It is the little things we do every day that can make things go smoother.
It is just really about just being the sort of person we are.
Just do it a little better.
But remember that we have to spend to keep the system going. But spend in ways that make the system better & the right people better off.
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
Floyd Brown wrote:
To start. how & where we spend our money is the best control we have over the system.
I think it is important that we use the power we have in our spending to support the people who give us the best value.
Keep your debt to a minimum. Don't be afraid to use cash.
Remember the banks get a cut every time you swipe that card. Getting money back from the card? It is really your money after the banks take a chunk of it
We should cut back on buying junk.
Be less wasteful.
Be wiser eaters.
You can wear that clothing a couple of more times.
You don't have to be the first to buy that new thing.
Soda, beer & smokes is a waste.
Shop at places that have better employees. Those that do their job well & seem to enjoy working. The owners may well be treating them well or at least better than others.
Have a kind word for those you meet.
Be quicker to please & slower to complain.
It is the little things we do every day that can make things go smoother.
It is just really about just being the sort of person we are.
Just do it a little better.
But remember that we have to spend to keep the system going. But spend in ways that make the system better & the right people better off.
To start. how & where we spend our money is th... (
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no thank you I'll decide how to spend MY money
alex wrote:
no thank you I'll decide how to spend MY money
I didn't mean to tell you how to spend your money but how money spent some ways are not as good perhaps as others.
Spending more to buy things made in America would help things in America.
The point I was trying to make is not how you spend you money. The idea is that because government has been bought by big money the only way we can get their attention is if we hit them in their pocketbook.
What I had hoped to see is others with ideas that would find ways of spending or not spending our money to get their attention.
I value your input.
Floyd Brown wrote:
I didn't mean to tell you how to spend your money but how money spent some ways are not as good perhaps as others.
Spending more to buy things made in America would help things in America.
The point I was trying to make is not how you spend you money. The idea is that because government has been bought by big money the only way we can get their attention is if we hit them in their pocketbook.
What I had hoped to see is others with ideas that would find ways of spending or not spending our money to get their attention.
I value your input.
I didn't mean to tell you how to spend your money ... (
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i realized in the seventies that the most important thing i could do for my family was to get then a paid for home.i managed to do just that in 1982 and it gives you a completly different out look on life.as far as credit cards i have one and i havent used it but a couple of times in my 18 years i have had it .i have also raised my kids to do the same and there are no financial worries.
alex wrote:
no thank you I'll decide how to spend MY money
ill bet you dont have a pot to p in or a window to throw it out of
vernon wrote:
i realized in the seventies that the most important thing i could do for my family was to get then a paid for home.i managed to do just that in 1982 and it gives you a completly different out look on life.as far as credit cards i have one and i havent used it but a couple of times in my 18 years i have had it .i have also raised my kids to do the same and there are no financial worries.
My life has not been much different from yours.
Family, work, pay bills, put a little a side for that rainy day.
Family now grown & doing fine.
These are the things that make our life's good & the nation strong.
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