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"Employees asking for advances to get to work the next week are not living within their means."

Personally, I've done rather well here. Thank you very much. As for as my employees, I guess I'm just an old softie when I see an ambitious young man with a family, anxious to learn a trade and aquire skills to advance himself and responsible enough to take care of family, not to mention honest enough to advise me of his financial situation; I choose to extend a hand rather than pull the carpet out from under him. It sounds to me like you think everyone deserves a kick in the ass. I don't.

Most everyone at one time or another does deserve a kick in the ass. Unfortunately I can't be there at just the right time for everyone so I need some help from the rest of the principled Americans.

But I guess in my initial post, I was a little heavy on rant and light on what my rant was about.

I get pissed when someone sets themselves up to be some type of "victim" just to make a point. In this case this "victim" was named the common man. If the common man is in fact a victim, he is a victim only of his own lack of discipline and motivation. You supported this by stating most people live paycheck to paycheck and have to get an advance to buy gas to get to work. I'm sure they appreciate your kindness, which in turn fosters the honesty that allows them to ask. But IMO none of those things would have to occur if they were motivated and disciplined in the first place.