Oregon, cost of living outpacing wages

I just caught a blurb of this study on the radio. My friend Google News supplied the link.

“Living wages has gone up seven percent… Cost of living has gone up14-percent and the health costs have gone up 37-percent,” said Rich Rohde of Oregon Action.

Read the full article.

Now, this definitely smacks of economic depression although unemployment (traditionally a major factor in a depression) was not addressed in the article. I don’t believe in fear mongering, but I do believe we should all have a realistic view of where we are, and where we might be heading. This is not the view I’d prefer to take,however I’d have to poke my eyes out to ignore it.

So what do we do? What are we going to do? How do we deal with this?

I know that having chickens in backyard and planting a smattering of corn is not ideal for everyone. I know sewing one’s own clothes or house linens is not for everyone. One man’s passion is another’s pain, and it’s very easy for some of us to forget that.

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