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Wow! The news is full of stories about rising gas and food prices. For those of us who pay attention to our expenses it's not a big surprise. We've known for awhile that's been happening. In fact, what surprises us (at least me) is that so many people were unaware of what was happening.
Take gas for instance. World demand is up (primarily due to growth in China and India). Supply is basically unchanged. Economics 101 will tell you that prices will rise. On one hand we can argue about how to increase energy supplies or whether we can conserve enough to offset increased demand by other countries. But, that's not really our mission here.
What we can do here is provide ideas that you can put to work this week to reduce those gas and grocery bills. So with that in mind I invite you to pour a tall glass of your favorite cool beverage (I favor sweet tea or lemonade), sit back and enjoy this week's issue. I hope that you find it saves you some money!
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About Gary
For more than 25 years, Gary Foreman has worked to manage money effectively. Prior to starting The Dollar Stretcher, he was a financial planner and purchasing manager.
While helping clients manage their hard earned money as a financial planner, he applied commonsense, time-tested techniques during the turbulent 1980’s. The experience convinced him that you didn’t need to hit the lottery to accumulate significant wealth.
Following that, Gary had an opportunity to learn more about how to get the best value for a dollar spent in the corporate world. As the Purchasing Manager for a computer manufacturer, he was responsible for supervising over $10 million in annual purchases.
Gary began The Dollar Stretcher website <www.TheDollarStretcher.com> and newsletters in April 1996. Over 300,000 readers benefit from the time and money saving ideas presented in The Dollar Stretcher newsletters each week. His mission is to help people "Live Better for Less".
He also provides private label newsletters for companies wishing to provide money saving information for their clients and/or prospects.
Gary lives in Florida along with his wife of thirty years and their two children. Much of his time is spent working with the men's ministry of his church. One of their ongoing projects is the "Holy Smoke BBQ" which sells bbq on Friday nights with the profits going to support local foster kids and orphans.
When he has a free moment you’ll find him restoring a Checker station wagon nicknamed “Two Ton” or cruising in a '65 Impala SS Convertible with doo-wops playing in the background.
