{This course description has been revised.
The new name for this seminar will be:
VOLUNTARY POVERTY:
HOW TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE.
Here is the location of the new description: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/D-VP.html}
LIVING
CHEAPLY: HOW
I SURVIVE ON SSI
Whenever I hear "No
one can live on social
security," I raise my hand.
I live at the lowest level of social security—called SSI.
I prefer to call it my "guaranteed annual income".
And I would like to see this federal benefit
extended to everyone, in the form of a reversible income tax:
If you earn less than $8,000 per year,
the federal government brings you up to that level.
The same
methods of simple living can also be used by college students
and others struggling to make ends meet on less than $10,000 per year.
Come and share your ways of saving money.
I am able to live at this
low level of income
because I have no mortgage payments
and Medicare pays for my health care.
But everything else fits easily within this budget.
This workshop will be just one meeting of two hours.
This should be enough to share ideas for living cheaply.
Tuesday afternoon 1:00-3:00 PM
Followed by a press conference 3:00-4:00 PM
DATE:
PLACE:
Minneapolis
Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall.
Conference Room N-202, on the second floor.
Click the above link for more information about the library,
a map of its location, parking, transit, etc.
CLASS SIZE:
Minimum 10 Maximum 20
What experience do you bring to this class?
I have been living cheaply ever since I
retired in 1968
and sold my one and only car.
1968 was also the last year for which I owed any income tax.
Since then I have facilitated about 200 different adult education
groups.
Most of these were in the Minnesota Free University.
See more information about my career in alternatives adult education: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/JP-AL-ED.html
Additional Facilitator Info:
When I have offered similar presentations before,
they have been well attended.
Lots of people are looking for ways to save money,
especially now that we are in recession.