american dream

[earthman]

http://www.flixxy.com/the-american-dream.htm

 

[phillip-r-s]

Scarry and I belive it.....so now what.

 

[earthman]

All we can do is educate anyone who will listen.

 

[Bonehead]

We are in a tough spot. Individualy we have no power. And most people are okay as long as they can make the minimum payment on their credit card, and finance a new jet ski. The majority of American people are not concerned yet. But you can see a change on the horizon.

 

[earthman]

I agree BH. For better or worse change is certain.

 

[Sniper]

Is this not the same thing as The World Order? The problem as I see it, is as a small individual you can't get close enough to the key people do anything about it, even if you could identify any key players. It's like battling with smoke.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Live Debt free!!! Own nothing, work for cash, buy silver and gold, not stocks, bonds or futures. It's do able. You don't think it is but that's also part of the big fat American Dream lie you've been sold. You think you have to borrow money to get what you want, now you are a slave.
I pulled up to a bank window with a check drawn on their bank for $114 dollars and asked to cash it. I was told I needed to come inside and bring 2 forms of ID to cash a check drafted from their bank.

 

[CR55]

Live Debt free!!! Own nothing, work for cash, buy silver and gold, not stocks, bonds or futures. It's do able. You don't think it is but that's also part of the big fat American Dream lie you've been sold. You think you have to borrow money to get what you want, now you are a slave.
I pulled up to a bank window with a check drawn on their bank for $114 dollars and asked to cash it. I was told I needed to come inside and bring 2 forms of ID to cash a check drafted from their bank.

And then they want to charge you some outrageous fee to cash the check!

 

[Fe2O3]

There is one thing any individual American can do.....Don't play into their game.

The banksters are finacial money pushers, the pimps of the business world. They play on our American culture's "Greed". We fall into the trap of envey, we are driven to live beyound our means. We set ourselfs up to be finically abused by the banking world.

The short answer is DO NOT live beyound your means, don't play into their game. Strive to live UNDER your means. If one is in dept....One is not truely a Free American. Life is not a contest to see who can own more Junk, it's about living


>>>If you earn enough to eat Hamberger don't buy Steack & Lobster.
>>>Keep a zero balance on the Credit Cards.
>>>Use Ca$h
>>>Buy American if when you can
>>>Suport Mom & Pop Business when you can

 

[Fe2O3]

....buy silver and gold....

I agree with everything you posted except the Silver & Gold comment. Hopefully, we will never live to see the Economy totally crash. I truely
don't believe staving people will care about "Bling" as a commodity to
trade for. I've been hungery in my life and I know I would have much
rather had a can of beans than a gold coin

I'm not against have some metal put away, I've invested in Brass, Copper & Lead

 

[IAM-LDS-2]

Live Debt free!!! Own nothing, work for cash, buy silver and gold, not stocks, bonds or futures.

Not judgeing here , only making an observation . When one works for cash no taxes are paid , the IRS frowns on this type of transaction . In order to work for cash , one has to find people willing to hire you "for cash only " payment . Folks paying cash are also out to make a quick buck and will try to make you discount your price because they know you are not paying taxes . It is not against the law to pay with cash , but it is against the law to work for cash to avoid paying taxes . You could be open for a little black mail if you are doing the cash thing on a large scale and you would have to have lots of cash customers to make it worthwhile . While working for cash you would be with out insurance for both your protection and your customers . If other tax paying business men find out their prices are being cut by some "cash only business" they will turn you in . A few slick people might pull the cash thing off ,but it is not the way to deal with ones financial problems .

 

[sgtpontiac]

I think that you need to live within your means...

there is nothing wrong with having a credit card.... just pay it off each month.... Pay cash for what you need and for those things you want, save up for them and pay cash.... the problem is that too many people want everything right now and are not willing to wait and save for it.... my wife and I only got credit cards after being married for 10 years and that was to simply establish credit to buy big ticket items... such as a car and house for example.... everything else we bought with cash or by credit card that was paid off immediately to avoid those God awful credit card interest rates.... it's difficult to do and very tempting to buy on credit but I've seen so many people go bankrupt trying to live "the american dream" or as I call it, "keeping up with the Jones".... it becomes a routine to wait and get the things you want only after you've saved enough to get it.... I know that sometimes there are emergencies that come up but that is also why you save for a "rainy day"..... it works, but it has to become a habit....