I'm going to cut my spending . . . I hope you will participate and do your part too.
With all the concern about the Federal debt limit, spending cuts, and tax increases I got to thinking and remembered that back in April of 2009 the President ordered the Cabinet to cut $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget. I felt bad because I hadn’t done my part. I’ve been spending at my normal level ever since he made the request.
I was so impressed by this requested sacrifice that I have decided to stop sitting around and do the same thing with my personal budget. Shared sacrifice is the current buzz word. I spend about $2000 a month on groceries, household expenses, medicine, utilities, etc, but it's time to get out the budget-cutting axe, go through my expenses, and cut back.
I decided to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio, 1/35,000 of my total budget. That’s the least that I can do. After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $2000 a month; I'm going to have to cut that number by six cents. Yes, I'm going to have to get by with $1999.94, but that's what sacrifice is all about. I'll just have to do without some things that are, frankly, luxuries.
With all the concern about the Federal debt limit, spending cuts, and tax increases I got to thinking and remembered that back in April of 2009 the President ordered the Cabinet to cut $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget. I felt bad because I hadn’t done my part. I’ve been spending at my normal level ever since he made the request.
I was so impressed by this requested sacrifice that I have decided to stop sitting around and do the same thing with my personal budget. Shared sacrifice is the current buzz word. I spend about $2000 a month on groceries, household expenses, medicine, utilities, etc, but it's time to get out the budget-cutting axe, go through my expenses, and cut back.
I decided to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio, 1/35,000 of my total budget. That’s the least that I can do. After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $2000 a month; I'm going to have to cut that number by six cents. Yes, I'm going to have to get by with $1999.94, but that's what sacrifice is all about. I'll just have to do without some things that are, frankly, luxuries.
I hope that you will do your part too.
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