Lower your taxes; less income; more charitable deductions; spend only with conservative supporting vendors; spend more time with your family. Seek government benefits. Starve the beast.
All good tactics, but they take too long. If we all quit spending TODAY and stuck to it, it would register within a couple of weeks. All retailers get their receipts and inventory information reported daily.
Can you imagine what reaction there would be if spending in the next few weeks fell off just 10% of what was projected?
IF WE CAN’T STOP SPENDING MONEY ON NON-ESSENTIALS THEN WE ARE FUNDING OUR OWN AGONY.
“Lower your taxes; less income; more charitable deductions; spend only with conservative supporting vendors; spend more time with your family. Seek government benefits. Starve the beast.”
EXACTLY! Although without the gov benefits part - I couldn’t live with myself. I think pride and self-sufficiency should go hand-in-hand.
If someone owned their own business, they can put up to $17,500 into their 401K off the top of their income ($23,500 if over 50). That reduces taxable income quite a bit, while still allowing you to earn money and save it for later. No point being a bum and just lounging around, waiting for the government to take care of us in our older years.