Posted By:
J LevineTwo points from me.
First...Fred, I am sorry but I manage my money very well. I am a teacher on essentially a fixed income. I live in California and have now been working without a contract for 19 months. My income increased this year by exactly 1.75 %. The price of gas has increased by 25%, food by 9 %, power by 6%, water by 15%, and natural gas by 3%. It has nothing to do with my budget but as the economy worsens and prices increase I am getting to the point were it will become difficult to keep myself going. Many people are in the same predicament that I am in. Teachers, nurses, government employees, police, fire, etc. and anyone else on a fixed income are feeling pressure. It is unfair for you to blame us for complaining that the current economic crisis is hurting us.
Second...we do not live in a democracy. It drives me insane every time I hear this. We live in a republic. A true democracy is one citizen one vote. If this were true we might have a different president right now.
Joshua