Sep
15
I read the following article today and it summarises so well what I have been saying from the time I had my own ‘aha!’ moment. In essence, work more, save more, take on an extra job, start a side business and the quickest strategy of all…. spend less money! Read the rest of the article below.
Since When Is Saving Money a Bad Thing?
The recession is turning Americans into penny pinchers. Seven out of 10 of us are cutting expenses, a Gallup poll says. And we spend only 86 percent of what we used to.
Just about every mainstream publication I read — including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times — says this is a bad thing. But they are wrong.
The point they make is that if Americans cut back on spending and save more, new cars will stay on lots. Contractors will lose jobs. Lawn services will be let go. And stores will go out of business.
So what’s wrong with that?
The fundamental reason for the financial mess we are in is that we have been spending more money than we have. Consumers have been doing it. Businesses have been doing it. And the banks and institutions that hold our money have been gambling it away.
The press wants us to believe that trillions of dollars have mysteriously disappeared from our economy because of this lack of spending. But that wealth never existed in the first place. It was an accounting fraud. The land, the buildings, the machinery, and our human capital, however, do still exist.
When your business is losing money, you cut expenses and work harder. When families run over their budgets, they do the same thing. So why should it be different with an economy? It’s not.
Spending more now will only make things worse. But if you take care of yourself, you will be doing more for the economy than the government could ever do.
So work more. Save more. Take on an extra job. Start a side business. And spend less money.
Thank you Michael. But tell me this… why do people listen to you and not to me? Maybe it’s because you’re a well known and published author… but as long as people listen to one of us, then we’ve done our job.