Oct 7
2009

Today’s news says taxes will go up to fund healthcare. How much of what you make to you take home now? Are you keeping even half of what you earn?  Can your family get by on 80% of what you take home now?

What about inflation? The government has spent more money in the last 9 months than will come in in the next 10 years.  What’s that going to do to prices?  The dollar is down from 1.0 euros to 1.58 euros in the past few months.  What will $6 gas do to your budget?

How can you increase your income to make up for rising taxes and inflation?  Can you live a good life even with the changes ahead?

What are your dreams? Have you thought through what you want for yourself and your family?



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Oct 2
2009

From today’ s Wall Street Journal:

Job cuts accelerated in September as employers eliminated
 263,000 positions, more than expected and higher than August's
 revised 201,000 cuts. In a further sign that labor-market pain
 is unlikely to end soon, a separate survey showed the
 unemployment rate rose to 9.8%.

I guess that means that the people who’ve been saying the “stimulus” isn’t working weren’t all crazy after all. Here’s some thoughts from Forbes.

I know, for sure, that it means we all have to be doing more about getting better - because we’ll be competing for fewer jobs and we’d all better get better at understanding what’s coming and planning for it.



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