[driftdiver]

wow must be nice to be sooo smart. I bet you’ve never lost a job or suffered a serious medical issue.

a perfect life must be nice.

[trumandogz]

No, I was underwater in my home during the Texas real estate crash of the late 1980’s and lost my oil field job. However, I did not go whine about my problem and instead worked as a cabbie and a bartender until my industy rebounded and I kept our home.

[LearsFool]

wow must be nice to be sooo smart. I bet you’ve never lost a job or suffered a serious medical issue.

a perfect life must be nice.

And here I though FReepers were all about self-reliance, being responsible, planning ahead for life's pitfalls instead of relying on Big Gov for bailouts - y'know, the things that made Americans fit for self-government. Was I wrong?

C'mon, FRiend, you don't have to read very far in Genesis to learn about fat years and lean years, and to find out what to do in the fat years. Or tune in Dave Ramsey's radio show sometime and learn about the "emergency fund".