On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:57:15 -0700 (PDT), Too_Many_Tools
wrote:

In tough times consumers tend to cut back...so where are you cutting
back, reprioritizing resources, whatever to make that dollar go
farther?

I am also posting this in the metal and wood working groups to hear
how those who pursue the hobby are allotting their resources.

Thanks

TMT

We're not cutting back at all. The long plan assumed that there'd be
some volatility along the way and factored that in. We've avoided
overspending when times seemed lush so we wouldn't need to cut back
when downturns came.

The biggest worry here is that of the Democrats discovering the
prudent and provident, taking from us to give to the improvident,
lazy, and even illegals. Step one might be to disarm the citizenry so
a revolt or uprising from the peasants might be more easily quelled.

Forty some years ago, a Democrat who was a real leader (JFK) said "Ask
not..." etc. The recent campaign mail barrage from the dems asks if
my household would "get any" under a GOP administration. The appeal
is to immediate greed without regard for debt for later or the obvious
strategic vulnerability that national debt produces. This appeal is
obviously working. That worries me much more than market gyrations.
When a democratic republic reaches the point where both the people and
the government regard it as OK to pillage and plunder the treasury and
the citizenry, that entity's days are numbered. Greedy lazy citizens
with no effective leadership exacerbate the vulnerability.