Today's headline: Jobs Must Go

Jobs must go to rein in inflation: Rudd
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says an increase in unemployment predicted in last night's Budget is an essential part of the strategy to rein in inflation, and can partly be blamed on the global economic slowdown.

What should be our response to such reasoning?

I believe the Government's approach merely reinforces the fact that employment, in the traditional sense of working for someone else, should not be one's only means of making a living.

I am not advocating that people ditch their jobs and work for themselves.

There are many factors to consider before one makes such a major decision.

Not everyone is suited to self-employment or to being a business owner.

However, people should certainly start thinking of alternative ways to make a living, because with so many uncontrollable external influences, it is simply unwise to put all your career eggs in one basket.

There are so many ways to make a living outside the 8-to-5 box, especially if one has access to the Internet.

If you haven't started, today's the day to start planning for your future.

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