Really?!?!
To me this sounds like someone that didn't do what was necessary to succeed and then complains.
I went to college and got a couple degrees and really felt like I have been solidly middle class and very comfortable. I have put (2) daughters through college and they have graduated debt free. I didn't get grants, scholarships, or loans....I saved money for their college, and paid out of my pocket. They are both teachers and while neither will be rich, they will be middle class and have a good lifestyle for the rest of their lives.
For those you claim are who "control the world", they invented Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and other stuff. They deserve whatever riches they have and I hold them in no ill will. While I don't agree with their political views, they deserve to have theirs as much as I deserve to have mine.
The folks that really pi$$ me off are folks who didn't go out there and do whatever that was necessary and;
1. Sit around and ***** and moan about it.
2. Expect the rest of us to give to these lazy bums because they are entitled.
Get off your butt and earn what you want.
Ken
I am retired and quite comfortable. You obviously have a lot to be proud of. I worked since I was 10 yrs old mowing lawns, shoveling snow, and selling newspapers, then 7 different manufacturing plants among which were built the shovels that dug the Panama Canal and the crawlers that delivered the space shuttles to the launch pads. I worked jobs for months at age 59 that men half my age quit and walked out after 4 hours doing what I was doing, and that's just a little part of the story, so I did get off my butt and earned what I wanted, not everybody goes to college. I feel lucky that I was able just to survive living here in the center of what is now the rust belt.
I also agree with you that the men and women that founded Apple ect. deserve to be rewarded for their achievements. Here is what I am talking about. 25 years ago I started a job with a company working for $10.50 an hour. After 6 months you got a raise to $11. an hour, made permanent, and got full benefits, and you worked hard. A lot of people didn't make it. Today, that same position starts at $10. an hour. You work for a temporary agency, sometimes for years, and have no benefits. Some make permanent eventually, most don't.
What I see today is called lack of opportunity. My niece and nephew are both going back to school for their masters because they could find work with their 4 year degrees but it wasn't what they wanted to do for careers, and these are 2 young people that wouldn't have to work a day in their lives due to certain circumstances that I am not going to go in to.
Not everybody goes to college. Not everybody is as intelligent as you are, but those people still can lead productive lives if given the chance, but those jobs are gone to China and India and where ever, sent there by greedy people who are exploiting the poor and middle class in this country.
