Ed Icionsub

I read an article via yahoo news from salary.com I think it was talking bout how paychecks would remain without much of an increase this upcoming year for 2008. We have already seen lots int he news about companies including yahoo laying off thousands of people, and it seems that those people aho are kept on will not see much, if any, of an increase in salary this year.

Add to that the cost of goods ans services going up, then I guess it is safe to say that we are all going to have less money this year. Add to that the fact that the dollar has been down, and we see that the money we do have is buying less and less this year. The article said that even if we are not in a recession, CFOs will be acting like it by cutting back on labor expenses.

Looks like it is a good time to spend les time working and more time doing things that are cheap like playing frisbee at the park.

Was looking around onlinr for the strongest currency since the United States dollar is falling I am looking to invest my money into a stonger curency one that is more likely to stay stable over the next decade or two so that I do not have to worry about losing any of my hard earned money.

From what I can tell online the strongest curency is the British Pound followed by the Euro which makes me wonder which of the two i should invest heavily in and which one light in, when I figure it out I will post my decision so everyone else can learn from it I hope.

The cost of gas has made things cost more. I think everyone is aware that all kinds of things in our lives are more expensive, but there is also a cost in time. The cost in time is the real issue for me, and it is one that is often overlooked.

For one costing more money means that I spend more time working for the gas companies and less time working for my retirement, which is a hige cost of time, just by spending more of my income, and therefor time for the gas companies.

Another cost factor for me and I am sure many other people is time spent filling up and running into and out of the gas station. I use to stop by and say put $20 on pump 10. Well, over the course of the year, I have to stop and put $20 in more often, which is a huge cost of time over the year. I have also noticed more people stopping more often which slows down things at the gas station and costs us all more time. How much time? Add it up.