It's that time of month again.

I thank the 9 people who have already contributed and raised $230.00. Here's the comment one of those readers left:

"Reader D
Contributed $20
Great information, as usual! The dangers of the proposed 5G network, Izakovic's take on the chemtrailing, the excellent Joseph Stiglitz article, and the fascinating wildlife webcams, to name but a recent few. Thanks, and keep up the great work, RMN!"

end of reader comments!

Like all of us, RMN has bills to pay. I know that times are hard financially right now. But all I ask if from each reader who truly enjoys what we bring them, is to contribute $5.00. If all 141,420 visitors would contribute $5.00, that would be $707.100.

I have never charged to read RMNews... But maybe its time to rethink this.

How many readers would pay $5.00 a month to read RMNews?

What if you could post your comments yourself!!

If I choose to do this, I will add an interactive feature which will allow contributing readers to post comments under articles. This would literally (almost) make each one of our contributing readers an RMNews "agent"!

I still have reservations about charging as little as $5.00 a month. When I started RMNews 20 years ago I did charge %5.00 for a monthly issue. But the monthly issues were printed and mailed, not just online. After printing and postage, I think I made about $2.00 an issue.

I don't know what the answer to the money question is. I am still going to be away from RMN more than I would like due to my health problems and the various treatments I will be taking. With my current heart condition (which I am told can be reversed) all I need is additional money worries.

Years ago, I used to be able to pay all of the expenses of RMN out of my salary as a teacher. But the expenses were quite a bit less in those days. I am also no longer working and bringing in an income of my own above and beyond my social security and VA Benefits.

To make ends meet, I will start selling some of my thrift store finds on eBay. These are items that I always bought with the idea of selling them to pay the bills. It's now time for me to generate another income stream so that I don't depend entirely on RMN readers to pay the bills... so the Thrift store items are now for sale.

But right at the moment, with the server fee coming due, I have to ask readers for help. I simply don't have enough money coming in to pay the server without your help.

Thank you so much for your understanding and your help.

Raye