Those of us who pay for those of you who whine about all of that... or that... or whatever.

29th October 2011

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I am 34 years old I’ve worked since I was 14 My mom was a compulsive hoarder that took me out of school when I was 6 and refused to let me attend any school. I went to the library on my own each day, checked out a stack of books and taught myself. My father refused to get a job and for a number of months we had a tortilla and a slice of cheese each day as our one meal of the day. When I was old enough, I left my parents house, got a job, and got married. I went and got my GED, associates degree, and bachelors degree, and willingly got some student loans for a MARKETABLE SKILL, USEFUL TO OTHERS in order to FEED MY FAMILY. I worked full time while going to school full time. Then I got cancer, and was cured by those “evil” drug companies that saved my life because they sold me cure that would otherwise not be available because nobody would have been motivated to research and find the cure. I worked my butt off doing overtime while doing chemotherapy, so that I could keep up with my bills. I now work full time, own my own home, keep the mortgage current, and have paid off in excess of $230,000 in medical bills, and student loans. I now make $90,000 per year, own my own side business in addition to my day job, and the government takes over a third of my income. I have $19,000 left in debt and am WORKING hard to meet MY RESPONSIBILITIES that I CHOSE and AGREED to take on. I HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK FOR YOUR BENEFIT! NO ONE OWES YOU ANYTHING! NO ONE SAID LIFE IS EASY, BUT YOU TOO CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AS YOU CAN ASPIRE TO, IF YOU WORK FOR IT! I AM THE 53% (and you don’t remotely represent me!)

  • I am 34 years old

  • I’ve worked since I was 14

  • My mom was a compulsive hoarder that took me out of school when I was 6 and refused to let me attend any school.

  • I went to the library on my own each day, checked out a stack of books and taught myself.

  • My father refused to get a job and for a number of months we had a tortilla and a slice of cheese each day as our one meal of the day.

  • When I was old enough, I left my parents house, got a job, and got married.

  • I went and got my GED, associates degree, and bachelors degree, and willingly got some student loans for a MARKETABLE SKILL, USEFUL TO OTHERS in order to FEED MY FAMILY. I worked full time while going to school full time.

  • Then I got cancer, and was cured by those “evil” drug companies that saved my life because they sold me cure that would otherwise not be available because nobody would have been motivated to research and find the cure.

  • I worked my butt off doing overtime while doing chemotherapy, so that I could keep up with my bills.

  • I now work full time, own my own home, keep the mortgage current, and have paid off in excess of $230,000 in medical bills, and student loans.

  • I now make $90,000 per year, own my own side business in addition to my day job, and the government takes over a third of my income. I have $19,000 left in debt and am WORKING hard to meet MY RESPONSIBILITIES that I CHOSE and AGREED to take on.

  • I HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK FOR YOUR BENEFIT!

  • NO ONE OWES YOU ANYTHING!

  • NO ONE SAID LIFE IS EASY, BUT YOU TOO CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AS YOU CAN ASPIRE TO, IF YOU WORK FOR IT!

I AM THE 53%

(and you don’t remotely represent me!)

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    your money; how do you think that “1%”...there? By complaining about their lives? No one...
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