[blueunicorn6]

I worked as a janitor in a hospital to help pay for college. I had to clean toilets after really ill people used them. I figured that if I worked hard and sacrificed and received an education that it would pay off in the long run. It has.
All jobs teach you something. My janitor job taught me that I didn’t want to clean toilets for the rest of my life. Everyone has the opportunity to improve their life. You don’t like your $35,000 a year job? Then figure out how to get a $70,000 a year job.
Nobody felt sorry for me when I was scrubbing filthy toilets. I don’t feel sorry for anyone with a $35,000 a year job.

[ExTxMarine]

You don’t like your $35,000 a year job? Then figure out how to get a $70,000 a year job.
Nobody felt sorry for me when I was scrubbing filthy toilets. I don’t feel sorry for anyone with a $35,000 a year job.

Exactly. My wife has been a housewife for at least 21-22 of our 27 years of marriage. The only time she worked outside of the home was when she wanted something that was NOT affordable on MY current income. In other words, we figured out how to make MORE money than the monetary level at which we were currently operating! That's the way most self-reliant, conservative people move up in the world.

In 2002, I was laid off from an $89K a year job and started a full-time business, where over the first three years I didn't make $35K a year. So, I worked a second, FULL-TIME job to supplement my fledgling business. My last two years while in business, I made over $67K. We were able to survive, because 1) we didn't live beyond our means, we actually lived well UNDER and saved, 2) we adjusted our lifestyle by lowering our food costs, dropped the extra cell phones, dropped cable, etc... 3) we worked TOGETHER with our families to make it through the tough times.

These are the very steps that conservatives espouse! we weren't looking for nor asking for pity, we were too busy trying to survive! DUH!