Category: money

Give us your money

Ian Hunter1 Comment

Give us your money

You must pay the mortgage or rent

Give us your money

You have to buy food and essential supplies

Give us your money

Unless you are a nudist, you will need clothes

Give us your money

Energy is purchased to heat or cool your home

Give us your money

Rising kids costs a lot

Give us your money

Eating out can be expensive

Give us your money

Buy tickets to see a movie

Give us your money

Stay at home and pay for Netflix and Spotify

Give us your money

Sign up for Amazon prime

Give us your money

Buy stuff you don’t need with a click

Give us your money

pay your credit card bill monthly

Give us your money

Take an Uber to a bar

Give us your money

Run up a huge bar tab 

Give us your money

Pay the vet to cure your sick pet

Give us your money

Your roof is leaking

Give us your money

Kid’s education is a big expense

Give us your money 

Lash out on a big graduation party

Give us your money

Spare no expense on your daughter’s wedding

Give us your money

Buy gifts for your grandkids

Give us your money 

Legal expenses to write a will

Give us your money

The washing machine just died

Give us your money 

Lets book a cruise

Give us your money

Pay all those cruise upcharges

Give us your money

Replace that old worn out car

Give us your money

Insurance and registration are obligatory 

Give us your money

Lets take a long road trip

Give us your money

Fuel and hotels are not free

Give us your money

That was an expensive restaurant

Give us your money 

The house needs fixing up

Give us your money 

The yard needs new plants

Give us your money 

Your furniture is worn out

Give us your money 

Your prescriptions are expensive

Give us your money

You need a haircut

Give us your money 

Time for manicure and pedicure

Give us your money

Its best to upgrade your phone now

Give us your money 

Chronic illness requires expensive care

Give us your money

Medical bills pile up

Give us your money 

An expensive hospital stay

Give us your money

Funeral bill comes in

Give us your money

The tax man takes his share

Give us your money

There is none left

What will be left at the end?

Ian HunterLeave a comment

I have always tried to spend wisely

not to live beyond my means

keeping debt down to an acceptable level

never failing to pay off the credit card every month

always trying to save for that rainy day

I have never purchased a brand new car

for fear of the depreciation in value

I make budgets and track spending diligently

but one thing keeps coming around and around

there never seems to be enough month left

at the end of the money

If you knew your life was ending today

would you regret how much money you had spent

or be proud of how much you had saved

I doubt that either would seem that important

amassing possessions or great wealth means nothing 

its how you live your life daily that brings fulfillment 

the wind in our faces blows equally on us all

those who decide to embrace the wind

and to marvel at sunrise and sunset

will feel they lived their life well

even if they did spend more money than they budgeted

Billionaires

Ian Hunter1 Comment
Photo by Diego F. Parra on Pexels.com

Technology pioneer

Billionaires appear

Fortunes rain

Gravy train

Jobs created

Employer hated

Poorly paid

Constantly afraid

Excessive hours

Enthusiasm sours

Billionaires flourished

Children malnourished

Workers rights

Lost fights

Unions banned

Corporations expand

Political donations

Broken regulations

Safety violations

Dangerous situations

Workers injured

Investigations hindered

Politicians primed

Regulators blind

Widespread pollution

No prosecution

Billionaires knighted

Media excited

Gala awards

Overweight lords

Workers struggle

Billionaires snuggle

Big shot

Luxury yacht

Deep pockets

Passenger rockets

Submarine tourism

Titanic voyeurism

Billions spent

Tragic event

There was a time when people only used cash

Ian HunterLeave a comment
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com

When I was young

Cash was the only form of money we used

Nobody had a credit card

We did not have bank accounts or check books

Weekly wages were brought home as cash

Our electricity and gas meters were fed with coins every day

Men came round regularly to empty the meters 

The rent man came to the door every week to collect cash 

The insurance man would do his weekly rounds

Collecting cash for life insurance policies

He was almost like a family friend

Selling a new policy when he saw a need

We had milk delivered to the door every day

Once a week George the milkman called for his cash

Coal was delivered once a week in sacks

Carried on the backs of black faced men

The boss man carried a satchel to collect money

When he gave you change it was covered in coal dust

Groceries were bought from the local CO-OP store with cash

They would share profits with each customer

In the form of a cash dividend

Your spending was tracked against your divi number

Which you called out when you paid cash at the till

Our divi number was 76785

Budgeting was not at all complicated back then

The weekly wages were put on the table

The cash was split into piles for rent food coal and other bills

Surplus cash was put into a post office savings account

It was very easy to know if you were overspending

There would too much week left at the end of the money