Whether or not you supported the Health Care Bill that passed yesterday – we have it.
For certain issues such as more military spending or spending money on administrators or programs that are personally unfavorable, it also gives us a chance as individuals to see another group’s perspective. If one segment of the population believes spending money on a particular item is acceptable then we could also realize that even in our personal spending we have expenditures that other might find frivolous or unnecessary.
Spending money on maintenance and health prevents having to spend much more later on.
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Last night I received a call from a charity asking for a donation. The representative said that the organization wasn’t asking for any money or a credit card number over the phone just a pledge. I said ok. She also said “you may make a donation in any amount.”
Again, I said ok.
“How much can we count on you for?”
I said $10.
I donate to other charities, and while this one was noble $10 was all I was willing to give at the time.
Well if you donate $15 we will give you a bumper sticker and a ribbon for your car.
“I’m not interested in any of that.”
Her retort was $15 is our lowest pledge level. Can you go up to $15?
I said no and hung up.
This may seem cruel, but since I was told I could make a donation in ANY amount and I said I wasn’t interested in any of the thank you gifts, I guess my $10 wasn’t good enough for the organization.
I’m not a cruel, heartless tightwad. Though if the organization really wanted to get more donations they should authorize their telemarketers to take whatever they could get and also mention that at a higher level of giving a get people who would send them money and then they wouldn’t get a premium. Some people don’t care about a premium and will donate at the level comfortable for them. No other organization has ever turned away money because the level of giving wasn’t to a certain standard.
Though because of her insistence that I donate a certain amount, this could have been a scam and I was being difficult.
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I saw this article about “young hipsters” who receive food stamps or public assistance who use their monthly allotment to buy higher end foods.
The people profiled in the article are single individuals (no families). Though I have always thought there should be a class or at least a seminar for recipients to teach them how to prepare quality, healthy meals.
What people choose to purchase with their allotment is their business. I probably wouldn’t want rabbit, but I would want to get fruits and vegetables which even in season can be costly. Is it wrong for foodies to use their food stamps to eat well?
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As I was making a purchase in Kohl’s last week, I had a coupon and was thrilled with my discounts. A lady came up to the cashier and asked how much the senior citizen’s discount was. The cashier said 15%.
The lady became indignant and said IS THAT ALL?
The cashier turned back to me and he said some people are never satisfied.
Getting deals for items or buying things that are sale is great especially when you can take advantage of discounts but have we become too accustomed to the discount and sales?
It would be nice to have lower prices for items and not have to worry about coupons to get “reasonable” prices but that isn’t happening so using a coupon to buy an item that you need frees up money to buy things that you want.
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