Let me suggest to them that what goes around comes around.
Perhaps your day will come.
Think about this: your company goes bankrupt, this means no pay, no COBRA, no reference. Your industry imports foreign workers and ships work overseas. You search for jobs with no response, your six figure household income becomes $1900 of unemployment and the wife's $1000 dollar a month income while your expenses remain at nearly $6,000 a month.
Soon the house is foreclosed, the $45,000 car is reposessed and unemployment benefits are exhausted. The family self esteem is gone and the tension is horrible.
A tinderbox awaiting a spark.
I've never bought a car for more than $3500 so why would I lose sleep over that? I pay cash so they can't get repossessed. That's someone's choice to buy a car that expensive.
This is the story of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant works all summer, putting away for the winter. The grasshopper lives for the day, not planning for the future. It is your view the grasshopper is a nobel character, and the ant is arrogant for pointing out why the grasshopper finds itself in its current condition?
Let me suggest to them that what goes around comes around.
Always a possibility, but not likely.
Perhaps your day will come.
See above.
Think about this: your company goes bankrupt, this means no pay, no COBRA, no reference. Your industry imports foreign workers and ships work overseas. You search for jobs with no response, your six figure household income becomes $1900 of unemployment and the wife's $1000 dollar a month income while your expenses remain at nearly $6,000 a month.
Company goes bankrupt - been there, done that, have the T-shirt.
No COMBRA - been there...
No reference - been there...
Foreign workers - I had the job of training a foreign worker who may have gotten my job -
Search for Job - Short search since I was willing to do almost anything
Your six figure household income - I wish.
$1900 unemployment check - this is higher then my current take home - (I say take home because I have a bunch going to 401, stock and savings, so yes if I was unemployed I could easily survive on $1900 a month.
$6000 monthly expensives - I have made it a point so my montly expensives are as low as possible.
Soon the house is foreclosed, the $45,000 car is reposessed and unemployment benefits are exhausted. The family self esteem is gone and the tension is horrible.
Soon the house is foreclosed...if your financial house is in order, your residents will be secure.
$45,000 car...there are many models of much more economical cars on the market.
I agree, once you are in trouble, family self esteem does suffer.
None of this is arrogant or unsympathic. We are discussing a newspaper article, we are not directing our comment to an individual. We are talking about the decisions made that got them into this condition. These are all legitmate topics.
Yes, I am sorry people lose their jobs.
Yes, I am sorry the country is experiencing an economic down turn.
But, that does not relieve individuals from their responsibiliy to provide for themself.