[quote=dumbrenter]The right to life, liberty and an equal share of luck is what differentiates us Americans from the rest of the riffraff that squats on this planet of ours.
– From the desk of the Secretary of the Luck re-distributing office.[/quote]
But everyone needs to put in their fair share of effort too.
See, I wouldn’t mind paying more into the general welfare of the public system resources for the greater good of others if…well frankly others who “are less fortunate” aren’t also so damn greedy too. not saying all are like this but…Here’s my morale delima..
See my neighbor I would say probably is ok, but nowhere near considered wealthy. He’s been in preforeclosure…..Let’s go through the timeline.
Bought in 2004. Overpaid… Ok, no problem. He did the loan-mod thing, probably got some sort of deal (more or less at taxpayer/shareholder expense). Ok, I’ll even let that slide. But then see this. Ever for the past few years, I see the mom come home with bags from Nordstrom. I see more toys, crap for their kids piled high in their garage so that they have to park their cars outside. See a bunch of new electronics/tvs/etc. So much that they can’t fit the cardboard boxes in the recycling bin, that they at one point asked if they could use mine….They currently have a NOD on them…And yet the man of the household shows up with a brand new Audi TT recently….
So, I’m scratching my head. I’m suppose to help support some of this excess? I’m really trying hard to understand how people like this, who could have lived a modest/comfortable life, could not only blow it (because shit does happen), but absolutely no remorse, no guilt, no feeling of responsibility for these actions. And they will do it again, until it’s taken away from them. Heck, they are in preforeclosure, and the “man” of the family has the balls to buy a new car..What, and their kids when they go to college is going to apply for a “need based” scholarship???
A lot (not all, but a lot) of americans I feel should not be given a long economic leash…Simply because they would strangle themselves on it….As we have seen….As we continue to see….
