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America Prepares for More Cutbacks

With the failure of our economy we are all making cutbacks. There are some things we can’t live without. For me that would be the internet. It is my lifeline to the outside world, I have dumped my local phone service in favor of a prepaid cell since we don’t yack on the phone. While many of my relatives think the internet is something we don’t need, I find myself forced to disagree with that notion. My twenty five dollars a month cuts down on my gas use by probably twice that much. Katy can do ninety-nine percent of her job hunting from home rather than going place to place. They same could be done from the library except there is a limited usage time, long waits, and their old browsers seldom meets the needs of many application sites, not to mention we would be driving there every day to check emails on jobs applied for, and the average time spent job surfing and responding easily takes up more than the the two hours alloted to a person in a day. The money spent on gas going there might not equal the full twenty five I pay for internet a month, but there is a lot said for time spent doing it and convenience. You can apply for jobs online at four in the morning or on Sundays but not from the library. They also frown on me bringing a cup of coffee with you.

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Just the job searches alone makes it worth while to us, but it is more than just that. We don’t have cable, and the TV and Radio reception because of trees and terrain are horrid at the best of times. The internet is our cheap form of entertainment. Aside from those two factors I usually have to explain to the family that I actually earn money from it, in fact I make more than I spend, which means a lot.

So what is your personal vice? What aren’t you going to be able to do without in these dark and foreboding economic times?

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