20% Pay-Cut (furlough). How about some money saving ideas...

[BadgeBunny]

Sell your ARs for $2k each, your Pmags for $50 each and all your 22lr, .223 and 9mm on armslist. That alone should get you through the 6 months.

6 months my behind. We could buy a small island and live out the dream at what prices are now ... And that's just selling the .22 bulk boxes ...

 

[jalapeno]

Ramen noodles

 

[n8thegr8]

I needed a home phone for the alarm system, but never use it, so I got cox to drop me from their $19 "basic" phone to one that's $8 and only allows 30min a month outgoing. Also dropped to the 3mbps internet. brought my total bill down from $80 to about $50.

Switched to Dish for TV, saved me $20 a month from cable.

Last thing I have to cut is our cell phones, but I'm having a hard time convincing the wife that a $500 cancellation fee is worth it.

This might be a good time for me to go on a diet.

 

[p238shooter]

Find someone who knows someone in Ohio and see if you can convince them to change their vote next time. How is is working for you now?

 

[andrsnsm]

Find someone who knows someone in Ohio and see if you can convince them to change their vote next time. How is is working for you now?

Don't you mean votes? You were talking about Ohio.

 

[Hump66]

I can think of a few people that I work with that are dead weight. Would save about $50k a year each.

 

[Biggsly]

I can think of a few people that I work with that are dead weight. Would save about $50k a year each.

Sad thing is that they are never the people to go. Not what you know, but who you know.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Sad thing is that they are never the people to go. Not what you know, but who you know.

And it always seems the least productive folks know the boss really, really well. Well, of course, they do. They've got 6 to 7 hours a day to suck the boss' **** ... (Yea, those folks used to **** me off something fierce! LOL)

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

I would sell a gun or cut cable. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea the congress just passed 50 billion in Sandy aid without blinking a eye, yet these spending cuts will "supposedly" keep police from responding or firefighters from putting out fires. Not to mention pilots having to land without air traffic controllers. Lol

The fear mongering this administration is putting out is mind numbing.

 

[cscokd]

Extreme couponing, minus the extreme hoarding and even the extreme part. My wife saves a bundle just doing smart shopping, taking advantage of doubling at Homeland, stacking at other places. Sign up for CVS's program as well. They give cash equivalent rewards and plenty register coupons. My wife has walked out of there with $100 worth of product WE USE for under $20 several times.

We have done the math and smart shopping is worth more than her joining the workforce. And that's before factoring in life balance.

Here is just one of many places to start:
http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/March-2011/Couponing-101-How-Do-I-Get-Started/