I don’t object to her getting government aid for a short while as a holdover. I agree that’s what it is there for.
I object to a whole slew of bad choices that two educated people who should have known better (come on, babydaddy bought $30,000 worth of car with a gross salary of $95,000 - who does that?) made that led them to that place.
Anybody can lose a job. Anybody can run into unexpected health problems and medical expenses. But this woman is thanking Obama for saving her when really she should (1) be thanking the rest of us for the tax dollars and (2) probably spend more time warning others to avoid the special kind of stupid she and her boyfriend displayed repeatedly.
I like your post. Well said.
I agree. My wife and I just bought a home a year after our son was born.
I bought a humble 3 bed 1 bath cottage. I put down 23%. My total monthly payments including mortgage, taxes, and insurance is less than 1,600 bucks, and that is in NJ.
I make a good living. I technically could afford a much bigger house with a much bigger mortgage payment. When my parents and friends ask why I didn’t do that I tell them that I could afford this house even if I was unemployed without going into debt, simply on unemployment benefits while I looked for new work. They get it, but they still think I’m crazy, especially since I’ve been at this gig for almost 9 years (Stable).
In the end, the 3 of us didn’t need something bigger and the house in on a lake in a great neighborhood! When no.2 comes, I’ll have to move, but we like living within our means, to be honest. It is comfortable and enables us to not have to watch every single purchasing decision like a damn hawk. If we want to do something special, or buy someone something nice, or go away for the weekend, we can, etc.