Both parents work because they want more people because the want a higher standard of livig. Standards of living are much higher now. The garage is full of cars. We only had one when I was growing up. For the first time in history their are more TVs in the house than people. Just look at the "entertainment centers" in the average home? House are much bigger now. They have a/c, washer/dryer, microwaves, two refrigerators....
I'm talking about people who take the bus to get to work, who drop their kids off at the local church or pre-school program center so that they can have a free breakfast and... you're talking about entertainment centers.
No I'm not. The point is that everyone has limited choices and trade offs in life. I was a burger flipper because I couldn't get any other higher paying or better job. But I got work experience and an education and was able to advance in life. It is not someone else's responsibility to insure that I succeed and make a good living.
And that's your experience, which OK. Believe me, no one is going to get in the way of your wish to work 3 jobs and take 8 years to get an undergraduate degree. If you want to take the hard way up, be my guest. Now, if people want a different route, spare them your bullshit. It's their right. It's like saying "yeah, I'm dumb and I'm proud!". Well, the other 99.99% don't want to be as dumb as you.
What don't I believe? What am I lying about?
A single job takes 7-9 hours of your time, depending on whether you take lunch or not (including commute). What you are saying is that you used to work between 21 and 24 hours per day, as well as go to school, presumably on a part time basis. At least this is what you intended to have people believe. I called your bluff and scored it with a bullshit. You lied, plain and simple.
What you were probably doing is working at the GAP on a part-time basis, then helping your uncle Luiggi at the pizza place on Saturdays and once in a while help your
gumbah Vinnie with his DJ business. This is the reason I'm saying that most of you can't relate, because the arguments you are using are so far off the mark they percolate "I have idea what I'm talking about, but I'll say it real loud and with lots of cuss words and insults to make people turn away in disgust (which you take as an argumentative victory, and this is the sad part)".
What do you mean people can't survive? How many people are dying on the streets because they are working minimum wage jobs? When I was 18 I was working seven days a week at two security guard jobs.
Oh, we've gone from 3 to 2 jobs now. Do you understand the lying part now?
I live in a one room studio with no kitchen sink or over. I had a hot plate and did my dishes in the shower. But still I manage to survive and save up some money and move to the mainland where I had better opportunities. How many jobs have you provider for others? How many people have you enabled to make a good living. Nothing is easier than to require other people to do what you want and think they should do.
And that's OK, I've been saying this all along: If you want to take the hard and long way to the top, be my guest. You're certainly not impressing me.
How many jobs have I provided? Directly? Plenty. I pay for people to come over and take care of my trees, my gardens as well as other choirs. And I'm pretty sure my tax dollars easily employ two or three individuals. That's how I roll.
Well, I can see compassion goes out the window quickly when someone disagrees with you. But don't worry. I've been in worse circumstance than you'll ever be and I survived without a handout from anyone.
See how you react differently when people thrown your own arguments back at you?
