Prices up and jobs down

What a wonderful discussion. Its nice to remember this at times, when life can get so hard. Gas prices are becoming outrageous! I dont know how much it costs in Michigan, but here in Texas, I just paid $3.28/gallon. It now costs around $60 to fill up my tank. I drive about 75 miles a day! And I only get 19mpg Anyways thank you, for the uplifting view on our financial situations.

On the news here in Canada last night, they reported that the salaries of the bigwigs at the hydro company are over $400,000 a year. Where are they getting that money? From charging us poor people an arm and a leg for electricity. It really peeves me. Those CEO's can afford to take a pay cut. If each of them took a $200,000 pay cut we would all be able to get a cut from our hydro bills. I have had to turn to my church for assistance. This past week St. Vincent de Paul came to my house and gave me gift cards for groceries. It's not very much and I am not using it all at once. I am just lowering each bill over the next month. I hated having to call them. I feel like a real charity case.I came from an upper middle class family and because I got sick I have had to struggle. I have found the blessings in my illness (now illnesses) but it is still hard to see people earning that type of money that they are taking away from us poor folks. The same with the government bigwigs who earn big paycheques. You said, "Those of us that can smile in the face of the turmoil in our world need to lift up those who are weeping." It hurts for people like me to have to ASK for help instead of having people judge you and not offer you assistance. I can't even get a part-time job BECAUSE of my illness. Where have all the good people gone?

I heared that the economy condition id usa is not in good run.so is Chiana.It seems each kind of price is increasing but not my salary.i feel a thicker and thicker pressure of life.The gov is taking some measurement to improve the condition,but not very useful.The country is stonger and stonger,the life is harder and harder.

I'm also a Christian and I believe that the Lord will help those who believe in him, and that he will look after his believers throughout the turmoil that's currently going on in the US and now in the UK. It's good to see the positives in life, and the turmoil must bring people closer together, even in the unfortunate circumstances of people losing their homes and moving in with their relatives.