LOVE CAT

LOVE, CAT

LOST, PLAINTIVE, SCRAWNY,
TAWNY, CRIES, "DO THE RIGHT THING,
I CHOSE YOU TO LOVE."






SAVE! HOW?
21% OF INCOME GOES FOR HOUSING. $10.00 AN HR. 8 HRS. A DAY, 40 HRS. AT $400 A WK. TIMES 4.3 WEEKS A MONTH EQUALS $1720 MONTHLY SALARY BEFORE TAXES AND DEDUCTIONS. 21% FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT EQUALS APPROX. $361. THESE NUMBERS SEEM RIGHT FOR A MINIMUM SHELTER. SO HOW DOES A WORKER SAVE? 80% OF INCOME REMAINS AVAILABLE FOR FOOD, CLOTHING AND FUEL. APPROX. $1376 MUST BE TRIFURCATED. UNLESS... 10% OR $137 IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED. THE BALANCE OF $1239 REPRESENTING 90% COULD THEN BE ALLOTTED TO FOOD CLOTHING AND FUEL. IS THIS POSSIBLE? WHERE OR WHERE THEN DOES ENTERTAINMENT COME IN? IS SECOND INCOME NEEDED? PERHAPS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. PERHAPS ENTERTAINMENT DOESN'T FIT IN. PERHAPS A SECOND INCOME TEMPTS. PERHAPS AN ALTERNATIVE COMPUTATION COULD BE CONSIDERED.

THE MONTHLY SALARY OF $1720 BEFORE TAXES COULD ALLOW FOR A MANDATORY 5% SAVINGS, A MERE $86. MONEY PUT ASIDE AND ACCRUED OVER TIME, NEVER TO BE TOUCHED EXCEPT IN A TRUE EMERGENCY. YES, THERE'S THE RUB, DETERMINING AN EMERGENCY, DETERMINING A PRIORITY, DETERMINATION SOLIDIFIED INTO HABIT. YES, IT CAN BE DONE.

THE POOR IN BODY OR SPIRIT COULD EACH BENEFIT FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING.