Posted by NCWayne on June 07, 2010 at 14:38:39 from (166.82.79.195):
In Reply to: Happy/dough posted by camju on June 07, 2010 at 06:43:33:
Your right, money never bought happiness. Still many of us, like myself, have worked our a--es off all of our lives to get the things we have and base what we have and could afford on the money we make just like I'm sure you do. Personally I am used to making 3 to 6 times what Home Depot was wanting to offer me to work for them ( I usually base my rate on the situation and usage of the machine more so than a fixed amount) and believe me when I say, try paying bills with half or less of the money your used to making. All this because you were forced to spend your and your wifes life savings on a lawyer to deal with a biological father that can't even pay the support ordered in the lawsuit he started demanding full custody and support paid to him of a child he had never had any contact with, Struggling each month not because you don't have work sitting there to do but because you can't do it because some fat cat suit in some office, or congressman in DC, isn't doing what needs to be done to get the money out into the economy so things can get done that need to get done. Face it no matter how bad things get none of us can afford to work for free or worse yet pay to work........ To make matters worse you've got the other fat cats that are sitting behind their desk drawing huge bonuses for "saving" money when many times all their doing is not letting the money go where it needs to be because they are afraid they might lose some. Funny thing is how many banks are now sitting on forclosed houses because that's exactly what they did, sit on money needed at point A for a job, a job that their customer needed to work and get paid for to pay their mortgage, which didn't get paid because the bank, was too busy 'saving' money .....It's a vicious circle and until the fat cats and congressmen get their heads out of their collective as-es things are going to keep getting worse. Until the people in this country that are so out of touch with things get it through their heads that we will always need skilled labor in every area, and that like everything your tools, your gas, your time, your training to become 'skilled' all cost money that you have to pay out whether your working or not, and that ultimately your time is just as precious as theirs and you have a right to make a living too, things are never going to get better.
Then take the illegals that are living and working here and drawing money and services off of our tax dollars while never putting a dime into it. The way I see it they are here looking for a better life for themselves, and I aplaude them for that. The thing is if this is such a great country to live it, then do it the right way. True they work hard for the money they make and that's admirable, but at the same time how many of them live 10 or 20 to a house, how many of them send every extra dime home to Mexico or wherever instead of spending it here. In the end all that does is drive wages down for everyone because in the immortal works of the HD manager, "somebody will do it for that"....and how many of you want to live in a 4 room house with 20 other people sleeping on the floor???? I didn't think so.....
In the end there are alot of us that have worked our as-es off to live the American dream only to see it shattered by corprate greed, by congressional f-ups, by illegals mooching off our hard earned tax dollars. Ultimately though am I happy with what I have??? You damm right I am. In fact I've got everything I need. The problem is trying to find enough work to keep the money to pay for it now after having to cut my rates to keep business coming through the door because I am 'the little man'. All the while I see prices on everything going up, I see wages going down past where they were 20 some years ago while the products the employees are selling go up in price and the benefits get less and less, while at the same time I see all of the corprate types smiling all the way to the bank as they do their best to screw people over. Personally I couldn't sleep at night if I followed the same business plan. Granted I might br rich but then I wouldn't be happy.....
So, am I having a bad day, Nah, really I'm just sick and tired of hearing everyone tell me how bad they have it and how good I should have it because my labor rate is 'so high'. Funny thing is most have never walked a mile in the shoes of someone that is self employeed, rather they have spent their life suckling at the teat of one company or another letting them worry about covering the expenses and the pay check every month......Could I do that again, maybe if I had to, but money aside nothing can match the freedom of working for yourself and like it or not with all the good that comes from that we also have to deal with the bad......
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