tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post7939166979270540789..comments2023-06-07T11:07:34.662-05:00Comments on Fundamental Things: The Best Place to be PoorGrant Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08427367759721561791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-55065961093616008992015-11-22T11:13:32.578-06:002015-11-22T11:13:32.578-06:00I was sincere about being sorry about your bittern...I was sincere about being sorry about your bitterness and financial situation. But not enough to advocate stealing from others to give to you. And no, I'm not happy about your situation. In fact, I'll pray for you and continue to help the needy as I can. But not by pointing a gun at anyone else.Grant Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427367759721561791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-78040619434576830282015-10-11T09:27:37.270-05:002015-10-11T09:27:37.270-05:00That's another problem. Vote person not party....That's another problem. Vote person not party. I am a Republican. There are more cheating rich democrats than half-way crooked reps...I know because my dumbasss family are stupid democrats except ME. Keep voting democrat and you'll stay poor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-45303185681661967532015-10-11T09:24:13.597-05:002015-10-11T09:24:13.597-05:00Now that was sincere. About as much a slap in the...Now that was sincere. About as much a slap in the face. Imagine this...and it's going to happen. You can't live forever and someone is going to have to wipe your ass one day. I'm in the same boat as the above. Now disabled. Yes I sold my home, paid cash for trailer trash as you rich SOB's say. I own a 2001 car, after almost getting killed for the 20th time by an uninsured driver, microwave given to me. Refrig, given to me, furniture given to me, etc. I buy few clothes, go nowhere, smoke...because I'm addicted to cigarettes. Smoke week, it's a heat pain killer....insurance doesn't pay Fahrenheit ya need it. No MVA insurance should carry a heavy penalty. The lawyer gets all the money...because I was poor. Now if I was rich, I would have got money. It takes money to get money and the poor are just sol. It's not reps or dems. It's the stupid lawmakers. The kind of mind sets like the posters. Until you fall ill, and are poor, work hard so I can live. How do you like that bitter? Because without ones HEALTH life ain't worth living. Yes, people are worse than myself. But I'd prefer to just die and get out of your paycheck. Now ya happy? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-58542528102438534372015-05-26T18:10:54.067-05:002015-05-26T18:10:54.067-05:00I'm sorry you were poor and bitter. For the re...I'm sorry you were poor and bitter. For the record, I'm not a Republican and Reagan is not "mine." Grant Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427367759721561791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-10315405433630684022015-05-26T14:46:04.769-05:002015-05-26T14:46:04.769-05:00I am a single head-of-household mother, now grandm...I am a single head-of-household mother, now grandmother. I worked all of my adult life. Sometimes 3 jobs at once. I could not afford a TV much less cable because I had a child to rear. I became ill in my mid-fifties and was totally embarrassed because I had to "go on disability." I had no idea how I was going to live after paying all the medical bills and living on savings for the 5 years I had to wait during the Bush administration. I had been getting by very well, by the way, until your Reagan paid his way to the Presidency and my rent didn't double, it tripled! This is what your Trickle Down Economy looks like. I had to eat my meals after my child was finished with hers...that is, if she left anything on her plate. Oh! A friend's Dad died and left him an old Beemer that the friend sold to me for $200. I waxed and washed it, had a mechanic friend look it over and service it, and my child and I finally had reliable transportation. We do not have to impress to live; we survive. <br />The arrogance I read here is beyond me. So you've got yours and I've got mine. I do not want yours. I paid into my Social Security when I needed that money to buy groceries, gas to get to work, new "uniforms." Can you not see the benefit to a society when the least of you are assisted? Who died and made you such self-righteous judges?! You sound like you are stuck in high school! What would you do if life threw you down? How easy do you think you will have it when you do not know how you will live from week to week? How would you feel if the men entering your old profession are starting out at $45k and the most you ever made was $750 a month in the same profession? You talk of family values. You speak of godliness. What happened to yours? Does your happiness really rely on knocking other people down? That's pitiful. I feel sorry for you.<br />The poor are your aunts and uncles and grandmothers and grandfathers and friends and people who are loved and who love. All of your examples seem to lean toward black and/or urban culture. You put people down because they are different from you. I get it! Too bad you don't.<br />Enjoy your climate change denials, too. Maybe one day you will understand that your willful ignorance is the greatest danger to the USA.<br />When you reject that which you know nothing about, you display the highest form of ignorance. Have a nice life.<br /><br />( bet the "blog author" will not let this one through! Hide the truth at all costs sayeth the RepubliCon Masters! ........(*headshake*)....LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-86260422076389129382009-10-07T11:57:47.759-05:002009-10-07T11:57:47.759-05:00It's staying right where it is. The truth neve...It's staying right where it is. The truth never gets boring to me.Grant Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427367759721561791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-25321923073981752662009-10-07T11:12:30.285-05:002009-10-07T11:12:30.285-05:00One more thought....please don't ever take Sve...One more thought....please don't ever take Svetlana Kunin's letter off of this blog. We could all write until the end of time and never approach the brilliance and authenticity of her words.Brian Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399162207611818898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-79189877227268160122009-10-07T11:09:32.682-05:002009-10-07T11:09:32.682-05:00Geez Grant - It's a good thing that you don...Geez Grant - It's a good thing that you don't work for a newspaper, because you would be receiving a little pink slip today. Bye Bye! How dare you pull back the curtain on the left's argument that we must enlarge an already bankrupt government with more ineptitude. 45 Million! 30 Million! Whatever. It's a whole bunch so drink the Kool-Aide baby. One can only pray that Putin, Chavez, Castro, and Khadafi will continue to stoke the foreign affairs embers and ironically steer the US ship of state clear of more domestic woe.Brian Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399162207611818898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-53075127135672573722009-10-07T10:16:39.000-05:002009-10-07T10:16:39.000-05:00My favorite anecdote from the letter was; "A ...My favorite anecdote from the letter was; "A friend of mine sells private health insurance plans. He told me of the 39-year-old father of two whose family was quoted a monthly insurance premium of $250."<br /><br />"Are you kidding?" he said, refusing the coverage. "That's almost as much as my boat payment!"Grant Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427367759721561791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-77414397861963114992009-10-07T10:05:15.372-05:002009-10-07T10:05:15.372-05:00When I used to work for Community Rebuilders, I sa...When I used to work for Community Rebuilders, I sat in on a few meetings with individuals that were seeking rental assistance through MSHDA. The deal with getting the assistance is that it was a one time deal . . . you had to be able to prove that you were able to pay your rent the rest of the time as a condition of getting it. Part of that process required each applicant to outline all of their expenses to show proof that they were able to afford to live in their housing on their current income. When the numbers didn't jive, my coworkers and I would suggest places where they could spend less so they could afford their rent. An overwhelming majority of the people were paying car payments on brand new cars and/or had cable TV. When it was suggested that they cut these expenses out of their budget and live without, oftentimes the response was ugly. As if we, on our salary working for this tiny non-profit, could afford either of those things ourselves. I do think there were some legit cases where an extreme circumstance that wasn't going to happen monthly put someone behind on their rent. Sadly, more often than not, even in those cases it hadn't occurred to many of the people that if they decided to give up cable TV they could afford to pay their rent. Amazing the small sacrifices NOT willing to be made to use the money you already have to pay for your own basic needs.<br /><br />Geez. I don't have more than 2 channels myself and it's football season. You think I've made sacrifices to pay my own bills? I don't. I think I'm just doing what you gotta do, ya know?Skookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561981284201416183noreply@blogger.com