The American Dream Built on Debt, Living in Beverly Hills

[Optionpro007]

As humans we have evolved away from a 'survival' mentality to one of 'living comfortably' mentality.

Living comfortably in the long term requires good money management skills, something we as humans have been late to realize.

Because this was not taught to the masses when growing up, you see the effects today in every sector of society and government.

This is one unintended way of teaching our children about proper use of resources, so it is a good thing. Human growing pains indeed.

As I read yesterday in an article, Americans spend tomorrow's money today, Chinese spend today's money, tomorrow.......and as the sign in a English pub says, 'free beer tomorrow'...

(nobody has been able to collect on it....lol)

 

[jjf]

Quote from nutmeg:

I have enough cash to live the rest of my life, that's assuming I die by 4 pm today.

Don't you mean yesterday

 

[jjf]

Quote from Scataphagos:

I'm a Vietnam War veteran. How young does that make me? Young enough that I don't know "come here" from "sick 'em"?

I was referring to your sense of reality, not your age.
You exhibit a Peter Pan like sense of how you would wish the world to be.

 

[jjf]

Quote from Optionpro007:

As humans we have evolved away from a 'survival' mentality to one of 'living comfortably' mentality.

Perhaps Americans are still "survivalists" but in a wanting emotional state.

I want I want I want

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from jjf:

I was referring to your sense of reality, not your age.
You exhibit a Peter Pan like sense of how you would wish the world to be.

You mean a preference for being "fiscally responsible"? No "government up your ass so far you can taste the Brylcreem in the back of your throat"?

I plead guilty.

 

[jjf]

Quote from Scataphagos:

You mean a preference for being "fiscally responsible"? No "government up your ass so far you can taste the Brylcreem in the back of your throat"?

I plead guilty.

good luck with that

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from jjf:

good luck with that

We'll get rid of them... but not in time before bankrupting nearly every American beforehand.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from jjf:

You mean "the upper middle class" pay the bills.

The rich hardly pay for anything, that is why they are rich.

The day you decide to become rich is the day you decide to opt out of paying your share

some truth here. once you are rich and not earning anymore you dont have to pay anything for taxes.

 

[jjf]

Quote from Scataphagos:

We'll get rid of them... but not in time before bankrupting nearly every American beforehand.

but they breed like flies

 

[fkbsuhites]

There has to be a total Armageddon like collapse of the system for the average idiot to change her ways.

Yes, I use only HER, because based on observing my immediate friends and family, it's primarily the women in these households who keep the rest of the home addicted to Chinese made garbage and shopping with credit cards with usurious interest rates. Most of these guys have given up and do what their women want.

The guys who put their feet down end up divorced and paying alimony and child support for kids they don't have visitation rights to.

They read the silly womens magazines and think they're all martha stewart. They watch oprah and think all their men should be as wealthy and famous as oprahs guests.

If you have little girls, bring them up the right way. They're not little princess and will most likely NOT grow up to marry a prince. The brainwashing of American women begins at a very early stage.