Ugh.
I will not go in to how I'm disgusted that I have to pay for other people's crap. All I'll say is that I have worked hard all of my life, and some programs were meant with good intentions, but are just abused these days. I have held a job down since the second week after my sixteenth birthday (I just figured I've officially worked longer than half of my life, and I'm 32). My parents worked hard, raised me as well as they knew how, and tried their best. I have paid for every car I've ever driven. I paid for the vast majority of college. I know, I still owe thousands in school loans. But I pay a little bit every month, I don't just go and forget about it. Neither Allison nor I have any credit card debt. We don't have a house payment we can't afford if one of us lost our job. We save like we're about to retire. We both have decent, affordable cars that we hope to use for a long time. If Allison gets pregnant, we're lucky enough to have been educated enough to get decent jobs that allow us some type of health insurance.
Yet, somehow I have to pay for others' laziness and immorality. A smart decision would be for me to get fired, and either get in line at the unemployment office or find a way to collect disability. Then no longer employed, Allison and I could start having children, and barely have to pay a dime. It would be other people's problems, not mine.
OK, so maybe I did go in to it a little bit. But sometimes I just get frustrated. Noone bailed out the mom and pop stores that got overrun by Walmart. Noone bailed out any of the airlines, and their problems (for all intents and purposes) were not ones they caused (high price of oil). Noone's gonna bail me out if I start a company and run it into the ground. No matter how many people I employ.
Where's the responsibility? GAG ME WITH A MACHETE.
My solution: let Walmart bailout GM and Ford and Chrysler. That way you could then get the one thing missing in a Walmart store today. An automobile.
Yet, somehow I have to pay for others' laziness and immorality. A smart decision would be for me to get fired, and either get in line at the unemployment office or find a way to collect disability. Then no longer employed, Allison and I could start having children, and barely have to pay a dime. It would be other people's problems, not mine.
OK, so maybe I did go in to it a little bit. But sometimes I just get frustrated. Noone bailed out the mom and pop stores that got overrun by Walmart. Noone bailed out any of the airlines, and their problems (for all intents and purposes) were not ones they caused (high price of oil). Noone's gonna bail me out if I start a company and run it into the ground. No matter how many people I employ.
Where's the responsibility? GAG ME WITH A MACHETE.
My solution: let Walmart bailout GM and Ford and Chrysler. That way you could then get the one thing missing in a Walmart store today. An automobile.