The Word of the Week is Economy
The word of the week is economy. It seems like a perfect word to me as so many people are affecting by it. Even people with chronic illness are affected by it. We have to pay more for food, utilities, medications, and gas. The ever raising prices make it so many of us become more and more isolated because we can’t afford to go anywhere. The food prices make it so you can’t afford to buy healthy foods. The gas prices make the food in the stores cost more money because the truckers have to pay more for the gas. It all seems to have a ripple affect.
Many of us chronic illness survivors have to live on a fixed budget that’s already stretched far enough. We begin robbing peter to pay paul and sometimes there’s no peter to rob. People are forced to rely on various charities just to be feed their families, which are running out. The gas prices are affecting the charities because they have to transport the food to food banks. Many people who use to donate to the food banks are not able to because they no longer have anything to donate. The housing nightmare has many people ending up on the street. It’s a shame that people have to lose their homes because our economy is so bad. A friend of mine was renting and the landlord didn’t pay his mortgage so she ended up with no place to live with no warning. It’s stressed in our economy that we should have an emergency fund, but where can you get one if you have no money left over.
I know that I use to be able to live comfortable, but now I’m being forced to pinch pennies to just live. I just wonder how long this nightmare will continue.
How has the bad economy affect your life?
DO you know of any resources to help others, share them here?
July 30 2008 05:51 pm | Life with Lupus and Word Of The Week
