: > : > : > > %%%% You can't eat pride and if your family need to be fed you : > need to : > : > : > > swollow it and fiind work. The grocery store cannot tell the : > : > difference : > : > : > > between a dollar made in the stock market from a dollar from : > recycling : > : > : soda : > : > : > > cans. Would you let your family go hungry because you couldn't : > find an : > : > : > > executive job Barry?? : > : > : > >
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: > : > : > No it's what do you do when there are no jobs? Being self reliant : > : > doesn't : > : > : have a damn : > : > : > thing to do with it. There are 1.7 million people out there who : > can't : > : > find : > : > : work. Wart Mart : > : > : > isn't going to offer someone with two degrees a job as a greeter. : > Even : > : > if : > : > : they do, try : > : > : > supporting a family on $8 an hour (you'll love the medical : benefits : > : > too). : > : > : >
: > : > : > This country has been pushing towards a service based economy for : > over a : > : > : decade. Now we're : > : > : > stuck with it. A giant third world country.... : > : > : : > : > : : > : > : And yet funny, how those with a true work ethic, a sense of : > self-reliance, : > : > : and self-determinism always seem to make it go right (even if it's : by : > : > being : > : > : the type of person everyone *wants* to help). Funny how none of the : > people : > : > : that I've ever admired (and that's a fairly good sized group) have : > ever : > : > been : > : > : in that 6.4%. Sure some have been with out jobs for a bit, but they : > had : > : > : planned ahead to be able to get by, and quickly found or created : work : > : > : becuase they are people that solve problems themselves. : > : >
: > : > %%%% They have no concept of what being self reliant is. I have 6 : months : > of : > : > food stored and 6 months of money to pay bills set aside for any hard : > times : > : > of mine or close family members. If it even snows hard and the roads : are : > : > blocked I don't need to go to the store for anything for a long time. : > : >
: > : : > : : > : What a crock. And what do you do on the seventh month? Ask your gawd for : > loaves of bread? : >
: > %%%% Can produce from my garden to restock my pantry. My bills at this : point : > are very few since everything is paid for and the outgoing money is for : > utilities and luxury items. You need to take a Financial Peace course from : > Dave Ramsey it will teach you a lot on managing your money. Go here: : >
%%%% Most rain is polluted in the urban enviroment and there are bird droppings and insects to contend with. It is cheaper to use public utility water than to set up a charcoal filtration system to the intake side of a cistern in the ground. Also with the volume of water used it current society it would empty the cistern quickly. I am capable of filtering water from the creek at the bottom of the hill for consumption and cooking with my hiking filters but to be honest just too lazy to walk it multiple times daily. I would rather turn the faucet on at present.
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