Reply #97: I'm NOT whining about *my* circumstances. [View All]

[UdoKier]

It's tight for us, but we will get by.

But I do work for a living and am aware that a LOT of people live on much less than us, and would not find it easy of desirable to pack up and leave home for the browner pastures of Arizona or Nevada "because it's cheaper there and there are jobs"

And I'm not bitter, I'm just annoyed that some think there is a one-size-fits-all solution to personal finances. I raise 2 KIDS on my income, bub. My wife and I could live pretty comfortably in the desert if we didn't have kids, too.

I simply despise the callousness of the suburban swimming-pool set who think the problems of the working poor are nothing more than a "lack of discipline". Crap shows like "Cops" perpetuate the problem by showing the dregs of the working class, when most are diligent, honest people.

Nice to see that many here believe in those stereotypes, too.