Remember that the parents that are most admired were those that cared for friends and family with out the hand out and lived within their means.
One of the problems today is the lack of the extended family. My family grew up in Uninta, Ducehene, and Summit Counties in Utah, dirt poor we survived through cooperation.
I’m sure many members of my family could use some help. They are to proud to ask.
My point was, a less than energetic couple I know, ARE on food stamps, getting $400 a month worth, and still whinning and complaining.
I live modestly and spend about $200 a month on food, for 2 people, and yet I feel I eat pretty well. Working hard AND doing the hard work of shopping sales.
What I was trying to get at is an agreement with you. If I had $200 extra a month, OF SOMEONE ELSES MONEY, I could eat steak and lobster.
I'm proud of how I shop, and the deals I find and take advantage of. I eat well, but for modest costs. What I eat, I earn. I feel richly blessed by God. And because I feel these blessings come from God, I am truely thankful for all I have, even if it is modest.
I can afford if I wanted to, to eat strip steaks every once in awhile.
I am happy and content with what I have to eat, and the work I do to earn that food, and the work to make my money go farther. I am angered by lazy people, both physically and mentally, who LIVE OFF other peoples hard work. Who live above and beyond the means that those who have provided for them do. And yet still they complain.
Pretty much I'm angry with welfare recipiants who feel entitled to welfare, and yet complain for more. Those eating steak and lobster, on the dollars of those eating roasts and hamburger.