I've had this post brewing for awhile, the reason I haven't posted it is because I seem to keep finding articles to add to it.
On thing that really grinds my gears is when celebrities or rich people complain about their situation. Like this Brook Shields article I read a few weeks ago. News Flash Brooke! Everyone gets old! Deal with it. And you have millions of dollars, do you even HAVE to work?
But the one that really made me want to punch my monitor in the face was this article about rich people complaining about Obama's new tax. I mean the whole article is infuriating. Regular people are unemployed and walking away from houses while the people they interviewed are complaining about having to work seven days a week to make over $250,000/year. One woman also complained that her 2,500 square-foot home is too small. Boo-hoo. I really feel bad for you.
Then they interview someone making over $400,000/year and he says his family is "barely getting by." Right. Could your view of reality be distorted because you make too much money? I think it is.
Then they go back to the first couple and the second to last paragraph is just hilarious. After ALL of their deductions and bills (including things like retirement and health care and food and college funds) they ONLY have $1200/month that goes into savings and to use for family stuff. I'm sorry, but Ellen and Donald Parnell, you need to be punched in the face. And your final quote at the end, "I'm not going without, but I'm not living a life of luxury." just makes me want to punch you in the face again. If you're not going without, then why are you complaining? I really wish someone would punch these people in the face sometime soon.
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I'm sorry Mr. Parnell but is it a necessity that you tith $1300 a month to your church? $36,000 a year? Really? And that plot of land that you had to buy and now have to make a mortgage payment on? Was that a necessity too? But what am I saying. Obama wants us to become a socialist state!
Sorry my caculations are a little off but still $15,000 a year? Come on!
I like how they say this "Their mortgage, second mortgage and payment on land they bought is nearly $4,000 a month" In California, ONE mortgage for a less than 1000sq foot house could be that much. If they can't pay the $4k they should just get rid of the land and second mortgage.
Yeah, I just don't understand where they found these people. And I really want to email Gary Fields and tell him that he should really think about giving back the money the Wall Street Journal gave him for writing that article.
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