This is exactly the attitude we all need to take on during these hard economic times. Every employee, every business owner, every politician, every high ranking CEO. Think about it. If we all believed as Mr. Goodell does, that it’s going to take a voluntary collective sacrifice, and we all lowered our pay or our prices, it would make a difference.
If you’re an employee, how about offering to take a temporary pay cut? Sounds crazy, I know. But wouldn’t it be better than losing your job altogether, or causing someone else to lose theirs? Refuse that pay raise and take a pay cut instead. I’m disgusted by those politicians accepting raises, those athletes fighting for better paying contracts. It’s not right.
If you’re a landlord, how about lowering the rent you charge? Credit card companies and mortgage companies, lower the monthly payments or put those interest rates on hold. Health providers, lower your rates. Insurance companies, lower your premiums. These are drastic measures, but I think they are needed and more like them.