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Living Simply or Simply Living.

I hate waste. In a land of plenty when so much of the world is lacking, I simply cannot tolerate any resources being wasted. I will eat slightly moldy bread or cheese instead of throwing it out. I always turn off lights when I leave the room, I only drive when necessary, I try to remember not to leave the tap running when I brush my teeth. My wife and I lately are realizing that we’re in our thirties and staying healthy6 is very important. We’ve been eating way less processed foods and buying organic fruits and vegetables and free range meats. We make as much of our own stuff as we can, form salad dressing to gifts. It’s a fun way to be creative and it’s a way not to spend or waste money. We considered cutting off television, but, unfortunately, some bonehead didn’t read the paperwork before he signed it and found himself locked into a contract. It would be wasteful to pay a termination fee, which, of course is how they set it up. Since our apartment has a gym and a pool, we cancel

Who is the One Percent?

I keep hearing about these Occupy people. Those protesting the upper “one percent” that they should pay their “Fair share.” Why is it so important? Is your life going to be any better off if some CEO pays twice as many taxes as he currently pays (by the way, this CEO is at work, while we’re out free loading on the street. The average CEO of a major corporation works around 80 hours a week)? Are we going to see an increase in your lifestyle because they pay more in taxes? How does that make us any less greedy then we accuse them of being? History has shown that you won’t, but that’s not the point.The point I want to talk about today is, who exactly  is  the one percent? Quite simply, if you live in America,  you  are the one percent.I am the one percent.The median income in the US for a family of four is just under $50,000. That dollar amount puts the average American family in the .99% of the richest people,  IN THE WORLD!!!   That’s right, the average American family is