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Originally Posted by SunnySide
Good morning Moody. Well written article (I only read the exerts you quoted).
I watched Wall-E last night and its message resonated with this article. While I agree with the article .. I also dont agree.
The American dream is very much alive and achievable .... if you get lucky.
Lucky - I have a friend who works at Giant just returning carts from the parking lot. He is union and I he makes almost $20 an hour with health. This guy is somewhat of a space cadet and couldnt work an office job or even a cashier job. He lives in a townhouse similar to mine but has a roommate.
Lucky and lazy (truly what is wrong with America) - Neighbors down the street, parents do not work at all. have 5 kids. Yeah they live on the poverty line but they just bought their son one of those hover board things for his birthday and live in a town house exactly like mine. All sugar foods, leave trash everywhere. The State pays for everything. The landlord is kicking them out .. but they told me they have a realtor helping them find a new rental home? Covid money? Went on vacation to fucking Florida.
Unlucky - On the flip side, my ex cannot find a job, she has interviewed a billion times with multiple grocery stores but no hire. No one wants to hire full time 40 hours. All these laces will offer you part time if you are lucky. Then you have to get lucky finding another part time job whose hours will harmonize with your other part time job.
America has failed her. She would be in a homeless shelter if I dont pay about 2.5k every month for her apartment, food, utilities etc.
Sorry for the rant .. American dream is achievable .. my ex just has to catch a break .. meanwhile people who arent even trying to find a job just live off the State and pop out a bunch of kids that go to school less than half the time and have no hope of being productive ... idk
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You make good points too Sunny, and I agree for the most part. I think we can both agree that the system is broken right now, even if it's not broken for everyone.