My wife and I followed the same general pattern, renting and moving up till we bought a house we could afford. Now the govt. wants to bail out people and companies who don’t have any responsibilty. We have 2 daughters in college, and God knows we don’t get much of a break because we “make to much”.
We make to much because my wife went back to school and got her degree, while working full time and raising 2 lovely children. We make to much because I get up at 3:00 AM to put in extra 12 hour shifts at plant where the temperature is frequently 125. We work hard,pay our bills and we played by the rules. Don’t get me wrong, I am thankful for the way the Lord has provided for us. And I don’t mind helping the truly needy. We give freely to our church and other charities, because as Christians we are called to help. But, I am tired of hearing that I need to pay more to help people that wont help themselves. If you reward bad behavior, you are guaranteed to have even more bad behavior. So now, I can look forward to ever more taxes while the “downtrodden” live on fruits of my labor. I am PO’d beyond belief. Thanks Leaders. Appreciate it. Also- Thanks for feeding my children your PC crap- it kept me on my toes trying to work overtime and undo your damage.
I was going to apologize for my rant.But, I’m not sorry. I am angry.And I think I have a right to be angry.
Yes, you do.
For most of my life I’ve not had even an average income. My family definitely does not now (pay cuts at my old job, followed by everyone being laid off, and now I am struggling to start a small business.) But I bought my family’s current, very modest home with CASH, by saving for it. For a few years I used to commute 80+ miles to a job - they’d let me basically camp out there, a few days at a time, and I often slept on a TABLE in the break room. My car was a Honda CRX (lasted over 250k miles) and every car since then has been a smallish high mileage model (except I also have a rarely used van for heavy hauling, and my wife has a minivan “for the family”.) I also saved up for every car, since that CRX. Today, we are getting by because I saved money for a “rainy day”. Do we get help for doing the right thing? No, in fact, we are penalized for it.
Now... Obama’s policies will probably help us, financially, at least in the short run. But I’d rather they do not get implemented, because they will damage my country, and our daughter’s future...
I think there’s plenty of anger and dismay out there - the question is how to direct it into something positive, and into a better future for the USA and our children.