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TheRealMafoo on 23 April 2009
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txrattlesnake said:
TheRealMafoo said:

I said this in another thread, but I will say it again for those that never read it.

  • I live on 14 acres of land, with 1,200 feet of lake shore.
  • My house is 2,300 square feet, with 4 bedrooms, two and a half baths.
  • I drive a 2000 Porsche 911 convertible, and a 2001 fully loaded 4x4 Chevy Pickup
  • I have a boat
  • I have all three gaming systems, 5 computers (2 Mac’s, 30” Dell display, and high end gaming rig), a 50” 1080p HDTV, and a fairly high end sound system (Denon receiver and Polk speakers).
  • I have a fully decked out workout room, with free weights, heavy bag, spin bike, flat panel TV and DVD player, the works.
  • I go on a nice vacation a year (cruise though the Caribbean, or a week in Mexico usually)

I could go on, but that should be enough to put a good reference around my standard of living. I bought everything I own. I am 39 years old and have never made more than 80K a year.

What does 80K a year buy in your country?

I hate what my country is becoming, but do I sound like someone willing to start a civil war over it? No, if I get too pissed, I will just go fishing ;)

 

 Maybe you're not rich enough to worry about pennies and yet rich enough to not be in a circumstance where the health insurance that one buys from the company they work for won't even pay for a simple operation and where paying $10.00 a day for gas to drive to work each day five days a week takes a significant amount out of the $175.00 a week your bosses pay you in a company where the only ones that get any real promotions are family members of the bosses.

 

When I was 21, I was poor enough to not own a car, have health insurance, own a home (I rented a small apartment with a roommate), or feed myself properly (one month I ate nothing but waffles). Gas was not $10.00 a day, I rode a bike 15 miles to work and home.

I was lucky enough to live in a country where I could take the opportunities available, and do more then bitch about what the next guy gets.

There are millions of people in this country who put forth a lot less effort then me, and have a lot more. If I looked at my life, and all that I have, and felt sorry for myself because someone else has more, I would be on pathetic individual.

If you want more out of life, and live in the US, start working towards a better life. No one is responsible for your well being, other then you. If you want people to feel sorry for where you are, or where other people in low income positions are, look elsewhere. I lived it, and I know why people still live it.

Get off your ass and do something for yourself, and stop looking for someone else to do it for you.

(speaking to those that live in the US, not sure if other countries have governments that allow them to excel.)