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8 months ago
The second journal for today.
I'm deliberately doing a copy-pasta of this one around the nets in multiple places because the information is going to be hard to find....
Here's the skinny:
Things are going to be economically horrible for a while, and will be worst for those who have little economic power. We'll see an uptick in homelessness even among people with stable jobs, for example, and the ghods forbid that anyone who's living on the economic thin edge ever need medical attention.
I started looking for "advice for surviving a recession if you don't have a lot of money" and the stuff I see (like, "move into lower risk stocks") is just.... just... absurd. The struggling family down the street doesn't have the ability to buy ANY stock at all, much less do brokerage fees and shuffle things around. "Put together a slush fund of 6 months' living expenses"? Oh yeah. I remember those days -- it would be brutal just to try and get together the amount for "six days of living expenses." And 'cut down on eating out.' "Eating out" is one meal at McDonalds every two weeks.
SO -- hive mind question -- I want to put together an Info Docs on "how those who struggle financially can get through a recession."
I need some brilliant ideas.
Whatcha got?
I'm deliberately doing a copy-pasta of this one around the nets in multiple places because the information is going to be hard to find....
Here's the skinny:
Things are going to be economically horrible for a while, and will be worst for those who have little economic power. We'll see an uptick in homelessness even among people with stable jobs, for example, and the ghods forbid that anyone who's living on the economic thin edge ever need medical attention.
I started looking for "advice for surviving a recession if you don't have a lot of money" and the stuff I see (like, "move into lower risk stocks") is just.... just... absurd. The struggling family down the street doesn't have the ability to buy ANY stock at all, much less do brokerage fees and shuffle things around. "Put together a slush fund of 6 months' living expenses"? Oh yeah. I remember those days -- it would be brutal just to try and get together the amount for "six days of living expenses." And 'cut down on eating out.' "Eating out" is one meal at McDonalds every two weeks.
SO -- hive mind question -- I want to put together an Info Docs on "how those who struggle financially can get through a recession."
I need some brilliant ideas.
Whatcha got?
Vix
BUT... they need to be able to do SOMEthing... to get control in their lives; to have an attempt to survive better. That's what I'm seeking.
Information.
-Find an unused piece of land or a vacant lot (Make sure it's not toxic) and start planting things.
When I had a community garden plot there was a system in place to donate a lot of our produce to the local food bank. However, I am aware that there are people right on the edge who don't quite qualify for access to resources like that (because I currently fall into that category). This year I plan to attempt a little bit of social networking and maybe get in good with some of the community garden members. I'm not super fit but I could probably trade some days of weeding/watering for extra zukes or something.
https://www.changex.org/us/communit.....idge/locations
https://www.amazon.com/Poorcraft-Fu...../dp/1945820012
It's called mutual aid. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. Together, we're strong.
https://kpfa.org/episode/hard-knock.....march-12-2025/
This features Kali Akuno of Cooperation jackson which got its start during the mayhem of Katrina in N.O. https://cooperationjackson.org/
Lots of good thinking and organization here.
Other than that, just hustle. Take any odd job you can get. If you're an artist, do commissions.