Gunslinger
Moderator
I will agree that there are those whom have either squandered opporunites, failed to plan for the future, feel they are owed a living or simply lack the work ethic to "get a head". However I feel it exceedingly naive to think that today in this country that hard work, financial planning, clean living and making the "right choices" will insure finacial success.
There isn't just one or even two examples of this but literly thousands of people in this country that have and continue to work long and difficult hours just to keep a roof over their and their families heads and food in their stomachs. Much less have money to set aside for savings. What sounds like a mere twenty dollars a week for some families can make the difference as to what and if they eat that week. To these people becoming a millionaire upon reachiing age 65 means little when the bills are due and the pantry is empty.
Perhaps in certain social/finacial circles the idea of making the right choices and finacial success seems easy. But to many the only choice to make is to survive and finacial success is being able to pay the bills each month. The days of the father going to work to leave the wife at home and caring for the two point five kids and white picket fense are gone.
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
There isn't just one or even two examples of this but literly thousands of people in this country that have and continue to work long and difficult hours just to keep a roof over their and their families heads and food in their stomachs. Much less have money to set aside for savings. What sounds like a mere twenty dollars a week for some families can make the difference as to what and if they eat that week. To these people becoming a millionaire upon reachiing age 65 means little when the bills are due and the pantry is empty.
Perhaps in certain social/finacial circles the idea of making the right choices and finacial success seems easy. But to many the only choice to make is to survive and finacial success is being able to pay the bills each month. The days of the father going to work to leave the wife at home and caring for the two point five kids and white picket fense are gone.
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.