Honest Americans

A majority of people are honest and trying to live within their means. In this economy it is very hard to live, work and have enough money to put food on the table. My hat goes off to these Americans that cannot afford to live but do there best to keep on trying to survive. We are classified as the working poor. I call us the people that keep America going. The taxes we pay is what keeps the government running while we go into debt actually working a minimum wage job.

We have to be more creative, stronger and wiser to live than giving up and taking money from government programs. You are true blooded Americans and should be applauded for your effort to keep on helping our country. So you have to go to Harvesters to get food once a month. Thank God that there are people that help these programs. The average American is honest and deserves more attention than what you are getting. You can actually run your household on less money than what it costs for one meal in the White House.

Do not let anything separate us, the people, as we are the backbone of this country. We will keep coming and together we will pull us out of this recession. I only fear that because we cannot afford to give our family all they deserve that some people will steal your money using dishonest means. Do not let the people that promise the stars and deliver nothing take your money. Use your energy and money to create and build, not to destroy.

There are many people that if given the opportunity have an idea for a good business that could create jobs. We need to rely on ourselves and trust the honest Americans to get us out of this recession. The person that is hardworking and has an idea for a business but cannot put it into action due to NO MONEY needs to be trusted by the banks we put our money in. Honest hardworking Americans are a great risk as they know what it is like to need. Is there anyone willing to have faith and take a risk on us changing our economy?

Credit card or cash purchases

It is really best every month to check your credit card transactions every few weeks and maybe even more. Aldi's grocery store had an electronic device attached to the swipe machine stealing your credit card number and you didn't even know until it was too late. The awful thing about this type of stealing is it cannot be detected immediately.

After 3 months and 1,100 stores the amount of victims was very numerous. Until credit cared statements are read by the consumer then reported it still takes the credit card company time to find the source. Meanwhile you are a victim of credit card theft which takes you time to repair all the problems the thief has created for you. For more information: Identity Theft Hits a Grocery Store.

This is the lowest, meanest and lowlife of thievery. Stealing from others is one of the 10 commandments first and foremost. The prices of everything must increase in the long run and the consumer and thief will pay for it in the long run.

It has been suggested that plastic it is the safest way to shop as long as you can pay off the full balance. It seems that as soon as you think you are safe the thief stays one step ahead of you. It's too bad that thief's don't use their energy to do the right thing. Using cash is not safe either as people can rob you but at least you don't have to prove who you are when they steal your identity.

Taking a picture with their camera phone of your card is done after you hand the waiter or waitress. Many restaurants take your card and being a little old fashioned this panics me as the new plastic generation snickers when I watch their every move if possible. Better to be careful and safe then a victim of identity theft.

E-mail marketing is not the way to advertise

When you surf the internet to purchase a product do you go directly to the site or do you search for a better price at some other place. I had a phone call from a business that wanted to set up a website for me for the low price of $39 and all had to do was pay hosting and advertising for my site. Purchasing an e-mail list can get very expensive and this form of advertising is ineffective.

They were not as pushy as some of these work at home businesses but what they were going to do was take care of all the technical stuff like adding Amazon.com and other major companies so I could become an affiliate and earn a commission off all my sales.

First of all setting up a web page has never been easier and this can be done without much technical knowledge if you can follow directions. What is difficult is the and also the most costly part of starting an on-line business is advertising your site and getting traffic to your site. E-mail is now one of the newer methods of advertising new and old businesses. Have you noticed your in-box lately and how many unwanted advertising is coming to your in-box.

Recently I have been getting more e-mails in my in-box from businesses from all over the world in attempt to advertise or market their sites. I had approximately 200 e-mails in one day and this is irritating enough that I just deleted them without even reading one of them. This form of advertising is having the reverse affect that it was intended for. Businesses are spending a fortune to purchase lists of e-mails and they are getting scammed.

To save time and my delete button I have made a new free e-mail address that I am sending out to all my creditors and personal family and friends and no one else will get this address. I hope that this will end up saving me precious time daily by not having to sift through the unwanted e-mails or spam forever.

This is a message to all the companies that think they can advertise by e-mail it is not working. If I want to buy something on-line I will look for the products on my own and not because you sent me an e-mail. Advertising e-mails are as irritating as most commercials are on television. I would rather save money on the product than raising the price of your products to advertise in this manner.

Think about how much time you are wasting from sitting at stop lights, watching commercials and scanning through unwanted e-mails. What do you think is the best way to advertise a business today? I personally think there are more creative ways to sell the public a product and that is by saving the consumer money.

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