Quote Originally Posted by Vomitore
I see all of your points. My main concern was who the hell needs 20 billion damn dollars haha. It's just sick to see people starve to death all the while someone is worried who's gonna decorate their house? Versace or Armani. You can enjoy the fruits of your labor. However, once you get to a certain point I can't see being able to want more and more.
I do agree with you there. If I were to become filthy rich, I would go out of my way to find families that were trying; struggling, making it to the end of the week to survive. I would create a fund that helps them learn how to improve their credit scores, manage money, etc. i do hate seeing people get things handed to them though; a lot of the people I encounter on a daily basis can work, are fully healthy and able to, but milk the system. These aren't the people I would help! (then again, my tax dollars already do that, heh.) There are people who seriously, get welfare, and have brand new $6000 rims on their cars. These same people tell my man monthly that they can't pay the rent.
I grew up in relative poverty; divorced parents, the whole nine yards. Now Mark and I have a comfortable life; he went out and started with $0.00 in his bank account, started a business and is now much better off than he was working for other people. Myself, I work fulltime as a credit counselor with a collections firm, helping people take care of credit card debt.
I think that if you want an entity to blame for alot of the country's poverty; look in your mailbox. All these credit card companies handing out credit to anyone; I could have about 10k in CCs now if I chose to!! But would I ever be able to stay on my feet independently and pay that off reasonably; probably not. People get stuck in a quagmire of bills; then they go to those horrid CCCS places that "manage their debt" when in reality they send about $10 to each CC; if they're in collections, this doesn't cut it, and that account will bounce around to agency after agency, collecting interest, fees.. yikes.
People need to learn to live within their means; not to want and buy things they can't afford, killing their credibility in the process.
Sorry if I rambled a bit; I just feel strongly regarding this subject, and will rant about it every chance I get, lol.