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For example, use the following links to seek employment.

Quick Short Term Employment Strategies

As in past recessions, employers either cut jobs or eliminate new hires.  Many holiday seasonal jobs vanished this year too.  Many firms rely on temporary help during tough times and here are some quick links to those that are hiring.  Some money is better than no money.

Be sure to click on our JobResources tab for additional sources of employment!

  A few Unusual Sources of Cash

--Become an egg or sperm donor!  In nearly every city you will find clinics which purchase eggs and/or sperm.  Women we know have earned an extra $5000 for this relatively painless procedure.  On average, you must be between 18 and 34 (applies to men donating sperm also), in good health, no sexual diseases and you will be asked about your family medical history.

Look in your local Yellow Pages, ask your family doctor, do an internet search or go to:

www.spermcenter.com

--Volunteer for medical research.  Where we live, there are tons of ads in the Sunday newspaper and on the radio from researchers seeking subjects for a wide variety of medical studies…all of them pay a stipend and require a medical examination. 

--Become a plasma or blood donor.  Especially popular near universities and military bases, you can earn about $200 a mo

NOTE:  I predict two growth areas in the coming year:

1.  Paralegal work - especially in the area of divorce and bankruptcy. 

2.  Administrative and grant writing work for non-profit groups.  As such groups find their sources of income are reduced in the coming year, they will lay off staff and look to outside contractors to perform these tasks.

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   Far too many Americans today are finding themselves in financial hot water.  The American dream is eroding.  While Washington can spend billions on war, Americans are losing their homes, cannot afford health insurance, cannot afford basic energy costs and many no longer have a job.

   Since the 1980s Wall Street has exported American jobs and benefits with alarming speed.  It began with blue collar jobs and progressed to white collar jobs.  Both political parties stood by and did nothing.  It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that burger flippers can’t afford $40,000 cars or much else.  It’s simple economics that when a country stops producing goods, its decline begins.

   The collusion between federal politicians and Wall Street has led to the near collapse of our economy.  Policies that over taxed the middle class while Fortune 500 firms paid little or none of their fair share plus an ever-growing government (both in terms of regulations and employees) has led to an unaffordable government and the destruction of the middle class.

   Many citizens must shoulder some of the blame as well.  Living beyond our means through credit has become a mantra for many in achieving a good lifestyle.  Americans on the whole, have become less self reliant.  For example, life without a cell phone, would difficult to imagine for many.

   The PoorManSurvival site is a blend of the Drudge Report, Consumer’s Digest, and Mother Earth News, offering usable resources for saving or making money, DIY energy self sufficiency links, alternative jobs sources, self reliance and emergency preparedness information and more.

The site was started in December 2008 by Bruce David as a means of providing a clearinghouse for smarter living tips and strategies…because too many of us are barely getting by…maybe!

   David had been a successful newspaper publisher, author and columnist, and college lecturer specializing in small business marketing in the Great Lakes area before moving to Arizona. 

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