[Doc Faustus]

Originally Posted by novakru

First of all, I said nothing to disagree with.
My words never said anything about Welfare, I wasn't even thinking of it.
The lady's husband I was talking about took government insurance and noone over a certain yearly income can get that, so he is one that sees alot of lower income people. I never made any reference to anyone being the derogatory names Doc used in his post. I never would, it's degrading.
There are people that truly struggle, and they are the ones Welfare was created for-to help them along the way.
If you knew anything about me, it would be clear I see people on an even level
and maybe, just maybe not everybody is cut out to be famous.
What's your version of success?
Mine is having good kids.
Mine is my grandfather who worked as a coal miner and when he turned 42 bought his first house and owned it, owned his car and grew a impressive garden in the backyard. He never said a bad word about anybody and always had a smile, a joke and a piece of carmel chews for me.
Was he rich? Not by material means, but I have never met another person as good as he was. He is the reason I do not hate men.
FYI:
Welfare was created to help temporarily
I have a personal experience with it as well.
When my husband lost his job and after 6 months of searching and no new job, we had no income.
We got food stamps and we were disqualified to receive a monthy check because we both owned cars over a $2000 value.
That was the excuse
Not getting into any other details but that was a pretty soul crushing experience.
My mom and me lived in fucking squallor most of my young life, and yet never went on Welfare, instead she worked 3 jobs and went into the Navy and went to college and even though it was slow going, got a Masters in Social Work at age 36. I may have my differences with that women, but that is fucking impressive.




Now, let's see how you all miss the point of this post...;)

My apologies if I seemed abrasive. I take more offense from people who I find to be generally kind and decent being ignorant than I do idiots and am extremely offended whenever people think that an education is the only thing in the way of security in this country. I agree with your vision of success. It's what I want too. I want to have a modest house and raise children. Most authors I know want the same thing. My own grandfather grew up on a mountain in Vermont at a dairy farm and ended up becoming a jet engineer. I'm not sure he could do that today. The man wanted sign in the window and the orphan entrepreneur are gone. I was simply saying it's not as clearcut as just getting the degree. Luck, support and humility have a lot to do with it too, and if one of those things isn't present, intelligent people can fall on their face just as easily as the uneducated. The America game is not so simple as some people want everybody to believe. There are no hard and fast rules. Plenty of stupid, shallow ignorami are rich and plenty of brilliant people are still poor.