I was talking to married friends today. They told me between them their paychecks were $200/mo. less.
They were just about to buy a new car. That's now been trashed.
I was at my local Honda dealership today getting my car serviced. This is a relatively affluent university town in a conservative Southwestern state, so it's not quite as affected by economic conditions as some. I heard the salesmen lamenting about how terrible business is, and they are getting no traffic for buying new cars at all.
A friend ad I were talking this morning. He got a Pacemaker last year and was sayin how lucky he was that he got it last year without having to pay the 2.3% obama tax on it.
At 5,000 bucks or better that’s a nice chunk of change.
I have been proactive about this crap ever since the election. I cancelled my health insurance (I am also covered by my wife’s insurance) and I will cancel my cell phone ($50 a month) this month when contract ends (got a prepaid cell for $85 that should last me a year (1200 minutes).
We also cancelled Christmas for ourselves to save money. Fact is, we knew we would be getting hit for around $3800, so we planned ahead. I feel bad for those who are getting dinged that didn’t vote for obama. The others can go to hell for all I care.