So I have been noticing a trend with this whole “Occupy Wall Street” campaign. That trend is self important entitlement junkie whiners coming out of the woodwork using at best poor penmanship and even worse spelling on sheets of paper declaring how hard they have it and then proclaiming that they are the 99%.
Before I start getting hate mail, as much as I do enjoy the vile, vulgar, insulting and just downright rude liberal tolerance from the entitlement junkie crowd I must say that I agree with the premise that they are putting forth about the corruption of the financial industry and blatant disregard of the people by our pathetic conservative and liberal washing machine of bullshit that is our government needing a desperate change. I can’t, however, agree with whining college students and the angry “not my fault crowd” trying to convince me to believe that these institutions forced them to make poor decisions in life and that it is somehow their fault, for example a 25 year old girl with a $20,000 fine arts degree is having trouble finding work.
While some of these “my life sucks” papers are actually unfortunate and are actually deserving of empathy, the vast majority are nothing more than complaints that the world somehow owes these people something. As much as I hate to piss on your pity parade no one owes you a thing that you are not willing to work for. If you are not happy with the way things are going for you quit blaming everyone else because you made poor choices and are either too lazy, apathetic, or have a massively ingrained victim complex to find solutions to your “what about me” problems.
For example this harrowing tale for you from one of these poor me sign holders. “I am a college graduate – $30,000 in debt from a degree which makes me “un-hireable.” (Really? you went to college to get a degree that makes you un-hireable?) I work part-time for $7.25 per hour. (how many applications are you filling out per week to find full time employment?) My bills are accruing interest and more debt by the minute. (really why don’t you apply for a financial hardship deferment, you would qualify?) Meanwhile, millionaires sip champagne and look down on me from their penthouses with the same human eyes I have. (No their eyes see problems and then find solutions they didn’t become millionaires by complaining and blaming others.) I am fed up with their greed and arrogance. I am ready to revolt. (REVOLT!!! Yeah that’s a good idea kill people and destroy property because you are feeling butt hurt.) I am the ninety-nine percent.” You sir are not the 99% I would say maybe the 5% maybe as high as 7% but definitely not the 99%
Since the whiners are by now probably really pissed that I am daring to challenge their idiocy and refusal to take responsibility for their own lives here is my % story.
I carry almost $30,000 dollars in student loan debt for a computer science degree. I am currently making less per year than I owe in those loans. I work 50 to 60 hrs a week to support a family of 4. I do not have health insurance and the idea of a retirement account is yet just a dream. I have a land line phone and standard DSL. I am the whatever %.
But here is the main difference – I work that 50 to 60 hours a week and bust my ass to better my financial situation in the long term. I am always looking to supplement my income and find more lucrative opportunities. I am happy that those low interest student loans were available to me so I could get an education which I would not have been able to otherwise. I, unlike some I have seen, do not complain because I can only pay part of one bill this month and catch up in a couple months. I make it work because I have to for now. I will become a millionaire because I am willing to do what is necessary and make sacrifices to achieve my goals. I see these people complain that they are broke but a large number especially the brain dead college crowd through late twenty somethings who have a $300 I-phone with an $70+ dollar a month cell and data plan. which by the way you have to have if you buy an I-phone or other smart phone. Complaining about their financial situations while carrying their $5+ dollar coffee every morning going out to clubs where as anyone knows you can drop $50 bucks a night easily they run out and buy over priced under powered computers and toys that they could get for a fraction of the cost for the simple reason that it has a picture of a piece of fruit on it for $1400. Side note I bought a PC that is half again as powerful as the latest iteration of the Macbook and paid 1/3rd the cost, brand new. Some of them sitting in apartments that their parents are paying for complaining how hard they have it.
In conclusion, if you can look down and see an I-phone, Android, or Blackberry and pay 5+ dollars for a cup for coffee still having money to party with and eat out on and complain about being broke, shoosh! Perhaps its not an income problem you have but a priority problem. While getting a college degree is important, if you decide to pay 10’s of thousands of dollars for a degree that does not have a really high return on investment for the largest percentage of graduates, shoosh! You made a poor decision and it is your fault not the banks and corporations. I hate to break it to you but a Liberal Arts and Fine Arts degree is not lucrative and you should not be surprised that you can’t find a high paying job in the lucrative fields of being a victim or painting pretty pictures. It is time to quit whining and make some changes in your life so you can improve it. Because whining and protesting instead of looking for a better job will just make you poor and pissed.
Until next Time: Courage
