How to weather the recession: A concise summary of all the recent articles

8 points by ggruschow ↗ HN
Make money

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I'm starting a mobile social networking service for people standing in breadlines and looking for soup kitchens.
Unfortunately, their cell phone subscriptions were terminated due to lack of payments.
This is why my crack lobbying team is working the state legislatures so that unemployment insurance covers cell phones for job seekers. I have major cellular carriers on board as partners.

//state legislators are cheap

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I think the summary here is a bit too concise. I think the following six word summary captures the discussion far more accurately: "Make money, and avoid spending money".
"Be profitable"

Guess that does miss your finer details, but is closer then the orginal.

Make money, and avoid spending money

Also add "pay off debt."