Reply To: Taxed on your Co’s Health Insurance Plan

MasterP said:

Bitey said:

Glad the lucky few have it so easy. If he had enough money to start his own company than he wasn’t in any position to complain.

Typical liberal responce, “oh he must have had money if he started a company”. Yeah ok, we banked 2 inheritances and lived like paupers for years before he got laid off. Why? Because he saw how his employer spent money and knew it was unsustainable. So yeah, take every penny your parents don’t spend on staying in your house with power and food and put that in the bank. After a couple years you’ll really be surprised just how much even the “poor” in our society squander. About 1/5 of the uninsured in this country make over $60,000/year and what’s sad is they never understand where it all goes.

 

Bitey said:

We have to work every day to not have everything we own torn out from under us, be in that position and then say, “Oh no you just work your *edited* off and then everything is fine”. Bull*edited* again

Before getting laid off my parent’s household income was a little over $30k/year. If that’s not working hard enough or being poor enough I don’t know what is.

 

 

Bitey said:

Six years ago my Dad still had a job didn’t have to worry about *edited* and the economy was not in the state it currently is in.

You’re implying that it’s the taxpayer’s fault your dad didn’t plan ahead or save money for a rainy day. No offense, but exactly why should I be responsible for someone else’s poor judgement? I’m sure at the time everything was all sunny and great but it’s basically common sense in the investment world to have at least 6 months of living expenses in the bank with around 2 years of expenses being an ideal reserve. You may not get that new TV and your 18 year old may get to drive the family minivan, but when *edited* goes bananas you’ve got breathing room and don’t have to worry about money.

 

Bitey said:

What he probably had that both I and my father lack was a reserve of money, and the knowledge of something to put it into to create his own business.

You get reserve money by saving. You save by not spending a penny more than is required to keep a roof over your head and food in your cabinets. Anything else you got, like a TV or a car, nice Christmas presents, those are luxuries. The TV we had until I left for college was older than I was…

 

Bitey said:

Because what I would want to do with my wealth is make sure I am taken care of, I don’t need a lot. Notice I said need, I made spoil myself a bit but everything else I had would go into charities, scholarships, things like this.

When/if you ever get money that song and dance will change. Drastically. That’s a 20 year inb4 but it never fails. Also, you do realize that rich people donate to charities and scholarships right, I mean by your definition Bill Gates is like the best guy in the world. The way you people begrudge others for their success and expect and demand they share it… it’s downright arrogant. If I build computers out of wood in my garage and from that create one of the largest computer companies in the world, that’s MY success. You played no part in that success so who are you to take that from me?

 

Bitey you like completely derailed this thread, talking about CEOs and student loans. Open another rant thread and vent in there. You just completely let Nurayz off the hook and that *edited*es me off more than your textbook liberal targetting of the rich.

I am not and have never been a liberal, I am a *edited*ing *edited*ed off American, who can’t believe that someone like you would call me arrogant. I don’t think I deserve *edited* from you, I am ASKING FOR HELP, when the *edited* will you get that? Poor people are BEGGING for help from the rich, saying “hey man, I know I don’t deserve it but I am in a bad place at a bad time in a bad way, please help”. Oh sorry that not good enough for you, you want me to shine your shoes massah? Seriously get off your *edited*ing high horse.

It ain’t as easy as you claim it to be and arrogant text book responses about investment 101 is quite offensive, not everybody took that class. Do you know what car I drove until Christmas last year, it was a 97 Ford Ranger that we got for cheap that barely had working A/C, our TV was older than me by 10 years. Yes we got by and yes we still had something to fall back on, but that was 3 years ago, now things are getting tough because my dad still doesn’t have a job worth *edited*, though his qualifications are through the roof. And no my song and dance will not change, because I am not the kind of person that thinks like you, clearly we have established that fact. I am done posting in this thread, I can’t be mad at you for having a different opinion but ffs man, just because I believe in a world where the rich choose to share there wealth instead of horde it doesn’t make me a liberal. It makes me someone who cares for other people.

I am leaving this thread before I get mad at you for dumb *edited* politics.