I am wryly amused by rants about others not working hard on a forum devoted to the prospect of not working at all.
I am wryly amused by rants about others not working hard on a forum devoted to the prospect of not working at all.
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Never seen one either. I see more people w*rking multiple jobs, living with multiple roommates.
Perhaps we see what we expect to see?
At one time in my life I worked with a bunch of folks who were one step above homeless(some were homeless). They didn't drive nice cars, have credit or anything else. They were people who tried and lacked some skills, some life handed a bad deal to.
I recall one guy who didn't have the mental capacity to move a board from one pile to another. It wasn't for lack of effort, the man was so upset by his inability to do the job, he stood there and lost his bladder. Yeah, there for both the grace of God goes me, or anyone here.
OP, I think it's been that way since the 70's. Welfare participant driving the brand new SUV, etc. Disability scams all over the place. Running up credit card debt and defaulting, preplanned. And on and on and on. ...sigh....
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A 40 year old colleague of mine came into a modest inheritance and asked for advise on how to invest. I sit next to him and he’s heard my vocal enthusiasm for investing. I took him through the process of opening a brokerage account then I reluctantly picked some low cost dividend ETFs. He told me a few days ago “I told my wife its up $18,000... can that be right?” “Yes Joe it is right.” We’ve had the whole conversation about long term money and inevitable market dips .. My hope is it registered. But for a guy with a business degree I have to ask myself how do you know so little?
Im pretty sure my ‘bring my lunch’ daughter’s got it. I helped her do her first electronic trade into a short term fund on Friday. I bought her a couple of books on investing that posters on this forum suggested.
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I have found no method to turn a slacker into a hard worker if they don't want to...........
I rent inexpensive housing and have for decades. Was renting 53 units at the top. I have yet to rent to the mythical Lexus driving welfare recipient. They just don't seem to be among the applicants for our places. I have never felt any jealousy for the lives of my tenants.
I took a different approach. Get the GPA and graduate and you get $5k towards the purchase of your first car. Then I helped them get the best value out of the $5K for another lesson.Remember I said you have to learn it from someone. I told the son 3.2 GPA or I yank him from college and he can go to the Local Penn State. I explained lower than that and you wont even get an interview.
It is a hard cruel world out there...
And a site where millionaires constantly discuss ACA assistance schemes also complain about food stamps and rental assistance programs.I am wryly amused by rants about others not working hard on a forum devoted to the prospect of not working at all.
And a site where millionaires constantly discuss ACA assistance schemes also complain about food stamps and rental assistance programs.
The irony is thick.
<rimshot>Cast irony?
Now let's be fair. Some members complain equally about ACA subsidies alongside the food stamps and rental assistance.
And many of those same ACA complainers have the benefit of government provided healthcare via medicare or government retiree medical benefits The irony is thick.
I am wryly amused by rants about others not working hard on a forum devoted to the prospect of not working at all.
It isn't necessarily true that the beneficiary of food stamps and rental assistance was required to contribute anything.
I rent inexpensive housing and have for decades. Was renting 53 units at the top. I have yet to rent to the mythical Lexus driving welfare recipient. They just don't seem to be among the applicants for our places. I have never felt any jealousy for the lives of my tenants.
I have found no method to turn a slacker into a hard worker if they don't want to. I have had to work with a couple of those slackers when they've been forced to get a job for one reason or another, and it's torture.
I'd honestly rather have my taxes go to support them - then I don't actually have to interact with them on a daily basis.
I had a boss that used to say "If you want to find the easiest way to do a job, hire a lazy person. They will figure out the easiest way to do the task."
Good point. A lot of these folks probably gave up good jobs as doctors, lawyers, engineers and even CEOs to toil at Walmart, for our benefit.In effect, these people are sacrificing quality of life so the rest of us can have more affordable products. So they are contributing that.
If a country wants to have inexpensive labor, it has to provide some assistance. People with little food and unsafe housing make for poor employees.
I had a boss that used to say "If you want to find the easiest way to do a job, hire a lazy person. They will figure out the easiest way to do the task."
Good point. A lot of these folks probably gave up good jobs as doctors, lawyers, engineers and even CEOs to toil at Walmart, for our benefit.
I am sure you have seen Section 8 tenants sleeping until noon, partying late and having the best TV screen they could find. Plenty of money for smokes and drink.
Most of my Section 8 tenants never had a job, nor were they required to. And if they did, I remember one said "The boss wanted me to clean the toilets, I am not doing that". I guess they should hire someone...