My Hand is Out - But I get Nothing

[fluffysings]

The more I hear about the housing bail out thing, the angrier I get.  I'm sorry if people didn't live within their means.  But why should the rest of us who were responsible pick up their slack

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[madjeanine]

Oh, I am HELLA-BITTER! Neil and I actually live below our means. We don't believe in pretty things that mean nothing. It doesn't make me a better person if I drive a flashy new car that looses more than $7000 value within a second of me driving it off the lot. Or a Mc-mansion whose siding will fall off after the first rain fall. We were approved for a mortgage a significant amount more than what we actually paid for our house. I don't like to be strapped - I like to have control of my finances.

I am very pissed that after a lifetime of relatively good decisions, I am now paying for those who have consistently made very bad ones. Those same people who can't afford their mortagage payment are driving brand new Mercedes and Lexuses and being given government housing. I in no way want these things, but I went to college, I've worked my whole life - sometimes more than one job. And now I want to be free. I want to pay for myself and my family and not people who are too lazy to go to work or college. I am very bitter. But, but... the one thing I do have control over is my mind and how I react to things. So I do my best to look at the bright side and not get overtly upset about things I have little to no control over.

And I of course want to state that there are exceptions to every rule and that I am well aware that there are people out there who do deserve government housing and a bail-out. Unfortunately, as the case usually is, the majority ruins it for those really in need.

[fluffysings]

Well said!

[mermaid7]

ok pretend that I said what Jeanine said. she's a lot more eloquent than I am, but that's what I meant.