To pay for all the stuff, people keep working at jobs they hate, putting up with more than they should and feeling lucky they even have a job. And let’s not forget about the kid’s college fund. Many parents tapped their retirement savings or took out loans to pay for college tuition. Now, college grads can’t find jobs and move back with their parents and they’re back on the “home payroll. This makes it tough if the parents are unemployed. Now nobody can afford health care, or car payments, or mortgage payments, or property taxes, or trips, student loan payments, or any of the little luxuries you took for granted when things were “normal.

Frogs In The Pot

As people saw things changing and getting worse, they didn’t believe it. Although they may have compromised and bargained, they put off the hard decisions they should have made. Instead of having that garage sale to raise some cash, they kept buying stuff, going on vacations, even buying new cars because “Cash for Clunkers sounded like such a good idea. They continued to pay on their declining real estate as it crashed through the floor, and running up their credit cards believing it was all going to “turn around and get better. They failed to stop the leak and now find themselves with little or no resources with the pot getting hotter.

Some Listened To The Warnings

While some members continued their attachment to “stuff, for others the stress was too much and they took radical measures. They listened to the warnings they received in the CR New Reports, and made changes in their lives that re-positioned them as things got worse. They stopped paying their mortgage, their credit cards, the car loans, and more. They took the money and invested in appreciating assets. They got rid of everything non-essential in their lives. They stopped consuming and feeding the system. They say they feel they’ve made the best decisions of their lives and have a sense of freedom they’ve never had before. They are optimistic about their future because they’re prepared and not scared.