well i feel that moneys been geting tight. i work at a group home and my last pay check was 800 i know its fairly good but i also want to say that the cost to live is higher i believe than it use to. my job has been paying that same starting wage since the early ninetys. i got a fix it ticket for my cracked wind shield and this is my pay check for rent. ill have like $10 left after this to go 15 days with. ive been learning how to be cheap like fixing my own car if i can and haveing a friend who went to mechanics fix my car. i dont have money for new vheicles so i got to stick to jelopes(beaters). i enjoy simple low cost things. i dont go out to eat and dont usually go to moveis. what i do is grill out with my charcoal grill,go fishing, and play cards and go on the net. i feel like im liveing in the depression except im working 40 and hopefully over time. im makeing simple. in a way i like haeing less it makes me apreciate all the small things. not that i dont want money but i think being poor at one time in youre life gives you better apreciation and makes things more enjoyable. im in high school in my senoir year so i dont want a second job right now so ill just be a handy man and fix things and do what i can does any one else fell that our economy is going twards a depression.(look at the gasoline price)