This article, from WRAL, opens with another expression for how individuals weather an economic downturn: they pinch pennies.1
It’s a lesson in family priorities that ought to impress state budget-writers and depress public school officials (this is how desperate they are to avoid you):
Many people are pinching pennies these days, but many, like Janine James, also say there is one thing they are not willing to give up: private school for their children.
“I really would do whatever I had to do. I would scrub floors if necessary,†said James, whose son Clarence attends Cardinal Gibbons High School. …
As money dries up for families, many private schools are stepping in to keep students from walking out the schoolhouse doors.
“Sometimes it’s a matter of stretching out the payments or a matter of a grant that they might need immediately,†Curtis said. …
Many parents say private school is an expense they are willing to pay, regardless of the economy.
“To me, providing them an environment where they learn spirituality and get comfortable with it, as well as getting a good academic foundation, is important,†James said.
End note
1. Families tighten their belts, consumers pinch pennies, businesses throttle back spending, and churches stretch every dollar and make it count.
Government just seek new ways to tax, because government revenues are sacred.
