I graduated a couple months ago, and I'm starting my post-college life in the red. Though I do not have as much debt as many of my peers, it is a little overwhelming as I look toward marriage and realize that there is very little chance that I can pay it off even using my entire paycheck, every pay period, by the end of the year. Maybe I'm being a little ambitious, but the idea of paying interest on loans doesn't appeal to me.
Since I'm now receiving a steady income, I have taken a greater interest in finances. I buy mostly generic brands now (except for ice cream...spending an extra $2 on Breyer's is worth it to me), and I've started thinking about saving money.
As you probably already know, I am a big Ron Paul fan. During the time leading up to the primaries and throughout primary season, he talked a lot about the monetary policy of the United States and how it is robbing lower and middle class Americans through inflation. I agreed with him then, but I didn't really notice it first hand. In a meet-up group, one man in particular said Americans wouldn't wake up until they walked into the grocery store and milk was $20. At the time, however, food prices seemed just imperceptibly higher, didn't they? Or have I just become more conscientious about money?
Sometimes I wonder if people would have payed more attention to Ron Paul if our economy was what is now back in mid-2007 when debates were just starting. Commentators and other candidates smirked and nearly laughed when Ron Paul was talking about paper money and its implications. Would they still do that today, with the dollar declining so obviously now?
A cleaning lady at my office told me the other day about her three jobs and lamented that her wages stay the same while all the prices go up. A few months ago, I had ten dollars in my pocket that bought two blocks of cheese with a couple dollars left over. Now, I make the same amount of money, and one block of cheese is $6.50.
Why is this theft ok? Why did Christians turn a blind eye during primaries to inflation and the immorality of the Federal Reserve? Even if Christians didn't like Ron Paul for other reasons, shouldn't they demand this be an issue for their politicians?
I voted for ron paul in the primaries as a joke because I live in Arizona and I knew that McCain was going to win here no matter what. It wasn't until I started actually doing study on taxes and the federal reserve that I realized that paul isn't as crazy as most made him out to be. The more and more that I educate myself the more i become a) aware of how far our country has gone and b) how disheartened i am at this fact.
I never thought Ron Paul was crazy, I didn't vote for him because I thought he was lacking compassion and out of touch with the lower class...in a word...conservative
I voted for Ron Paul, too. But the rest of the world wants us to keep on spending. *sigh*
Good for you. Franklin said, to the affect, "I'd rather go to bed without supper than rise in debt."
Hello Ms. Emily, You made your site so simple yet elegant. The videos are a nice touch. I see that you have a wide variety of interests and observations here! I’m sending an important message to people about God’s plans for us that is in the Bible: "And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying... ‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send my anger against you, and I will judge you according to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable things. And my eye will not feel sorry for you, neither will I feel compassion, for upon you I shall bring your own ways, and in the midst of you your own detestable things will come to be; and YOU people will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ " (Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation)
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I voted for ron paul in the primaries as a joke because I live in Arizona and I knew that McCain was going to win here no matter what.
It wasn't until I started actually doing study on taxes and the federal reserve that I realized that paul isn't as crazy as most made him out to be. The more and more that I educate myself the more i become a) aware of how far our country has gone and b) how disheartened i am at this fact.
I never thought Ron Paul was crazy, I didn't vote for him because I thought he was lacking compassion and out of touch with the lower class...in a word...conservative
I voted for Ron Paul, too. But the rest of the world wants us to keep on spending. *sigh*
Good for you. Franklin said, to the affect, "I'd rather go to bed without supper than rise in debt."
Hello Ms. Emily,
You made your site so simple yet elegant. The videos are a nice touch. I see that you have a wide variety of interests and observations here!
I’m sending an important message to people about God’s plans for us that is in the Bible: "And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying... ‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send my anger against you, and I will judge you according to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable things. And my eye will not feel sorry for you, neither will I feel compassion, for upon you I shall bring your own ways, and in the midst of you your own detestable things will come to be; and YOU people will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ " (Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation)