Comments on: How Is Everyone Surviving The Recession?

By: Horace

Horace — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:07:53 +0000

I don’t keep a fresh cut as often. And, for the first time, I actually went INTO an Old Navy store. I just kept remembering Redman talking about “I still shop at Old Navy” in his rhymes. lol. You can’t rock Louie and Gucci all the time.

By: Whateva

Whateva — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:13:30 +0000

Well, to answer the question I’m doing OKAY. I work in IT managing and maintaining Linux web-servers and I am self-employed. I have had my IT contracts since 2003 so that income is and has been steady. Furthermore, two of my contracts were just renewed with a 10% increase in bottom line income for my pockets. Another one just restructured where the bottom line means more work for myself and my team. A lot more work So even though I’m okay, it doesn’t mean that I do not feel the crunch of these financial times that are upon us. How can you not right? Along with IT, I am also tapped into the hair biz. It’s funny because recession or not, females are not going without their hair weave or extensions… Funny, but sort of true. I understand where the brother is coming from that spoke about feeling like his MBA was not worth it. Mine is for Entrepreneurship, not finance and I think if I were out looking for a job I would feel the same way about my degrees. However, I think you should remember that when this blows over you will have a degree that is in demand because there will come a point where there is a boom in the banking and finance sector again. Do you have experience in the finance and banking sector already? How about starting your own service as a personal finance specialist? There are so many people who need to understand how to budget their money right now to a degree that Americans are not used too. To end this I would like to offer some suggestions though… More so than anything I think now is a good time for people to start tapping into their natural talents in order to make money. I think it’s also a time where people need to learn to commune and work together. Like for example, I put a ad on craigslist for computer services last month just for personal computer repair in nyc. Based on the market research that I performed on craigslist alone I could realistically count on enough business from that to pay like a electric and gas bill. While that may not be a whole lot, those things are necessities and the jobs could be performed on my free time. Additionally, I never really understand why males can’t find alternative ways to make a dollar. You guys have physical strength to your advantage. You can get some crappy van and start a moving and hauling service. Or females can open a cleaning service. Shit go find some of these damn high priced apartment rental companies with these high ass priced brokerage crap they do in nyc and tell them you will clean all of their vacant apts. I know I might be making it sound all easy… but there are ways you can make a dollar using your natural resources without having a huge amount of overhead. Also, my step brothers really did the moving and hauling thing and got it to a point where they have about a dozen people on their pay roll and then added on carpet cleaning services as well. I have a friend who really does own cleaning business. I’m just saying these things are not out of reach and you can make a few bucks where you schedule these jobs between your other gig or gigs. I’m sorry but I’m a female hustler in every sense of being. Legally that is, and I use all of my natural abilities (except the nasty/adult shit get your mind out of the gutta) to my advantage. I think now is the time to think out of the box because you don’t actually need to be “employed” in corporate America to make some money. One last thing, please respect your finances. Someone said it already but now is not the time to be flashy. Remember that paper money, also known as Fiat has no real value anyway. There has been value placed upon it and it isn’t backed by anything except economic strength. Or the idealism that the government can defend the value of its currency. Remember FDR removed the fact that the usd was backed by gold in order to inflate it during the great depression? Didn’t y’all pay attention in history class!! Just understand that respect all of the finances that you do have is as important as earning additional finances. Good luck

By: cuttoff

cuttoff — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:39:21 +0000

#64,u should be shot in the head 4 that statement! u damn dummy

By: Andre

Andre — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:52:55 +0000

lol

By: WENDY WU

WENDY WU — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:19:53 +0000

ANDRE SHUT YO GAY AZZ UP

By: cuttoff

cuttoff — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:07:14 +0000

#62, what the hell are u doing on realtalkny at 4 in the mourning! u just got in from blowing people all night!now i want u to do me a favor: quit blowing for money and quit lying about stock,im not hating its i can just tell your lying!LETS BE HONEST PEOPLE!

By: Andre

Andre — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:56:00 +0000

shut up WENDY WU. first the hole world has been in a recession much longer than Obama has been a president. And Bush has “been in the office” in 8 years! Come’on!

By: WENDY WU

WENDY WU — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:14:13 +0000

U GUYZ NOTICE THAT EVER SINCE BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED THE PRESIDENT SHIT WENT DOWNHILL NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE IN A RECESSION THIS SHIT IZ CRAZY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS NOW THEY ARE GOING TO BLAME IT ON BARACK OBAMA AND NOW WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CHANGE CAUSE BUSH BEEN IN THA OFFICE FOR 4 YEARS AND DID 10 YEARS WORTH OF DAMAGE SO BARACK IS GONNA HAVE TO CLEAN UP BUSH’S MESS AND THEN START ON HIS THIS SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET CRAZY !!!!!!!!!!

By: Cide

Cide — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:21 +0000

I hate to say it but things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

A lot of the “announced layoffs” haven’t even happened yet and credit card companies are pulling credit lines and jackin up interest rates mafioso style. It’s crazy.

By: Mi Mi

Mi Mi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:20:54 +0000

Damn, I didn’t think that owning stock, was such a big deal…LOL…I kinda feel honored and disgusted at the same time, that you think i’m lying…

I know times are hard right now, but YOU TOO can have your own share in something, baby boy…The first step is saving…Start off small then work your way up…There are sites where you can trade online…Investing is the key to success…We got to do better my people…SMH