Posted on 09/10/2014 10:20:01 AM PDT by Sparklite
” That’s how I found myself, one dreary day when my Honda wouldn’t start, in my husband’s Mercedes at the WIC office. “
WTF is wrong with her husband???
He can afford such “Toys” but not to contribute to the household????
” Did she have to get a tattoo? Seems like everyone with an EBT card has a tattoo. Is this some sort of government program? If so, it seems like the only government program that works. /S “
I have had friends with FANCY EXPENSIVE tattos who whine about how broke they are....
I immediately downgrade them to random person on street...
” The point of her article is to teach the rest of us about poverty: “Poverty is a circumstance, not a value judgment.””
In this country a VAST MAJORITY of Poverty IS DIRECTLY DUE to the collimation of a series of BAD PERSONAL DECISIONS...
In OTHER countries, especially the 3rd world it is usually circumstances that are beyond their own control.
THAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE between 1st and 3rd world countries!!!!
I don’t judge people inthe third world for being poor, I sure as hell Judge non-disabled able bodies people in this country for being poor, especially if they are driving a better car and wearing more expensive clothing than i am....
[ Another thought. This woman says her boyfriend was making $95,000 a year and bought a Mercedes.
That right there is proof that this couple is never going to have two dimes to rub together. ]
Lack of Money, Not a Problem
Lack of Money Management Skills, SURE AS HELL IS NOT MY DAMNED PROBLEM!!!
Then there was this, tucked right at the end.
I was suckered into reading the whole sob story.
This year. 2014-07-08.
The URL is a mess:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/10/i-am-a-14-year-old-yazidi-girl-given-as-a-gift-to-an-isis-commander-heres-how-i-escaped/www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/08/this-is-what-happened-when-i-drove-my-mercedes-to-pick-u
I’m right there with you. I live in NYC right now (renting). I’m single, and I also am making a good living at the moment (i.e a lot more than this woman’s babydaddy).
Finally — after years of building up my income — I feel secure enough to buy a home and a car. I just bought a Honda Civic. Yes, I splurged on new, but I figure this car will now be with me for a decade.
I’m looking at condos/co-ops on Long Island (because I won’t pay NYC prices), and people are treating me like I’m insane, because on my current salary I could probably afford to buy something $50,000 - $75,000 more than the price cap I set for myself. But why would I do that? If I’m going to be happy enough in more modest place, and saving money, why would I stretch my budget to buy big? And why would I take the risk that my current income will ALWAYS be my income when that could change in an instant?
People just don’t have any financial sense anymore.
The Mercedes is about $35,000. You can buy a good gamble for about 10 grand. I’ve been driving my 2003 Century for 6 years....just the usual...tires, wiper blade...
You obviously didn't read thru the entire crap ridden article.......LOL!
President Obama’s programs — from the extended unemployment benefits to the tax-free allowance for short-selling a home we couldn’t afford — allowed us to crawl our way out of the hole.
Direct from the mouth of an obviously lying, liberal broad with a Mercedes............LOL!
nice ride,, for grocery money...
But a 2003 Mercedes SLK is not worth $35,000 now. Now it is worth about $6,000 to $7,000, and the one she was driving was already paid for. It’s $35,000 initial cost was long gone.
He bought a +/- $30,000 car eleven years ago. It cost approximately 1/3 of a year’s salary (at the time).
That hardly strikes me as excessive.
Are you a millennial? :)
Buying a luxury car with 1/3 of your GROSS salary, unless your gross salary is exceedingly high (and $95,000 in Boston is just average, if that), is really bad financial management by any standard. The guy’s take-home salary was about $67,000 a year if his gross was $95,000. That’s an excessive amount being spent on a car.
President Obama’s programs...allowed us to crawl our way out of the hole.
No. I’m at the tail end of the Boomers.
But spending even half my take home salary for a car once every 11 years does not strike me as excessive, no matter what you say.
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