It seems like more and more people these days are expressing their artistic sides by getting tattoos and body piercings. These kinds of things, especially tattoos, are quite expensive and usually require people to dip into their savings.

I personally have a small tattoo on my ribs, which I really enjoy and it means a lot to me. So I can understand why people like to express themselves in the form of a permanent piece of art on their body.

In the state of economy these days it seems like people are struggling for money. There are layoffs, pay cuts, bankruptcies and foreclosures lately in the business world. But as far as being low on income, it seems people still round up enough money to go out and get expensive tattoos. In the article I have attached, it explains the reason why people continue to get tattoos even when they are in a financial crunch. The narrator says, “But the very thing that draws us to tattoos in the first place – their permanence – is sometimes what draws us even more when the world around us seems to be spiralling out of control.”

Appears that luxury items these days are slowly becoming necessities for some. I believe whatever income we make we have the choice on what to spend it on and sometimes that means being left with not much in your savings.

http://tattoo.about.com/od/newsandviews/a/economyeffects.htm