A world of concern
I am sitting here tonight watching two of my children playing in our front yard. I have another one downstairs wishing he were out there with them because it would be more enjoyable than doing homework. I would tend to agree. However as I sit here and watch them play with very little care in the world, I have to compare them to everyone else. I have to try to figure out how to help them understand the affects of all the change that is taking place in the world.
On the way home from work this evening, I was listening to a report about how enrollment in college has risen over the past year. When they asked an analyst why that is, it is because people are realizing that a high school diploma just does not get you what it use to. In order to survive in today's world you need to have that little slip of paper from an establishment of higher education. People are realizing that they cannot rely on a quick buck, the market, or savings in a bank. The Federal Government is investigating several very large groups for fraud. Then I ask myself why would they resort to fraud? What do they think they were going to get away with? Then I look at the world. Everyone is concerned. So I started doing a little math.
If you get a job that pays you $12 an hour. Most likely, you will not have health benefits, so don't get sick. If you work 40 hours a week. That equals $480 a week or $1920 a month. The government will take about 25% of that or one weeks pay check. So we are down to $1440. Tithing is about $193, so we are down to $1247. A one bedroom apartment is running you about $600 a month. We are down to $647. Filling the tank of your car is about $40 every 10 days, that is equal to about $120 a month. We are down to $527. Oh you need to pay to have that car insured. That is running about $500 for every 6 months or $83 a month, we are down to $447. Remember that apartment we were renting, you have to pay for heat, water, and electricity. That is about $150 a month. We are down to $297. You should probably eat as well. Let's say $30 dollars a week or $120 a month. We are down to $177. You are surviving, but without any extras. Are there more expenses? Remember, you can't get sick, go to the dentist or have your eyes checked. You have that to spend on soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, toilet paper, laundry soap, or dish soap. What if you want to buy new clothes or something like that? It doesn't go very far. Do you see why some people resort to fraud, get rich or other avenues. Can you imagine trying to spend that little bit of left over for getting a better educated so you can get a better job in the world?
I don't want you to freak out, I just want you to know. I want you to be educated. It can be done, it just takes work. Work is not easy. It hasn't been since the garden of Eden. We just keep moving forward and doing the best we can.
It is a concern, but should not consume your lives. If you are living properly, paying your tithing, trusting in the Lord, being positive, fruitful, and thrifty, nothing is impossible.
Love ya
Dad
On the way home from work this evening, I was listening to a report about how enrollment in college has risen over the past year. When they asked an analyst why that is, it is because people are realizing that a high school diploma just does not get you what it use to. In order to survive in today's world you need to have that little slip of paper from an establishment of higher education. People are realizing that they cannot rely on a quick buck, the market, or savings in a bank. The Federal Government is investigating several very large groups for fraud. Then I ask myself why would they resort to fraud? What do they think they were going to get away with? Then I look at the world. Everyone is concerned. So I started doing a little math.
If you get a job that pays you $12 an hour. Most likely, you will not have health benefits, so don't get sick. If you work 40 hours a week. That equals $480 a week or $1920 a month. The government will take about 25% of that or one weeks pay check. So we are down to $1440. Tithing is about $193, so we are down to $1247. A one bedroom apartment is running you about $600 a month. We are down to $647. Filling the tank of your car is about $40 every 10 days, that is equal to about $120 a month. We are down to $527. Oh you need to pay to have that car insured. That is running about $500 for every 6 months or $83 a month, we are down to $447. Remember that apartment we were renting, you have to pay for heat, water, and electricity. That is about $150 a month. We are down to $297. You should probably eat as well. Let's say $30 dollars a week or $120 a month. We are down to $177. You are surviving, but without any extras. Are there more expenses? Remember, you can't get sick, go to the dentist or have your eyes checked. You have that to spend on soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, toilet paper, laundry soap, or dish soap. What if you want to buy new clothes or something like that? It doesn't go very far. Do you see why some people resort to fraud, get rich or other avenues. Can you imagine trying to spend that little bit of left over for getting a better educated so you can get a better job in the world?
I don't want you to freak out, I just want you to know. I want you to be educated. It can be done, it just takes work. Work is not easy. It hasn't been since the garden of Eden. We just keep moving forward and doing the best we can.
It is a concern, but should not consume your lives. If you are living properly, paying your tithing, trusting in the Lord, being positive, fruitful, and thrifty, nothing is impossible.
Love ya
Dad
Comments