Posted by alexandra_k on November 23, 2005, at 15:01:08
In reply to Re: just one more..., posted by AuntieMel on November 23, 2005, at 13:45:14
> When I had a baby at home and worked three part-time jobs to pay for it and go to school I at least had some breathing space and room to think.
Wow. I can't comprehend... How some people can do that. Really.
> I'm just trying to say there is a big difference between *earning* a lot and *having* a lot (definitition of "a lot" being a relative, and nebulous thing)Yeah, there surely is. I'm pretty bad with money now. It comes and boy oh boy does it go. I think the problem is that I'm so used to going without. And constantly worrying about it... When I got my Masters Scholarship I spent it in about one month. Gone. Brought a TV and a laptop and a surround sound speaker system and an i-pod etc. Not exactly necessities... But I guess I was kinda thinking 'when on earth am I ever going to get the opportunity to do this again???'
And I guess... It is those kinds of things that help one feel human...
But yeah, in a way I regret having done that.
Things are going to be hard if I move overseas to do my PhD. And I blame myself for that... Because I could have saved that... But I chose not to.And in the A semester I was doing a lot of work tutoring. And the more money that comes in... The quicker that money seems to go out. Drinking coffee... Buying lunch... Eating out more... Clothes. But none of that was really necessary, that is true.
I was thinking...
The trouble with having a welfare system so that people get their basic needs met for free...
Is that you can't really do that when people work long hours for minimum wage and still can't meet their basic needs.
I mean... One would be better off on welfare than working...
Of course people would stop working to go on welfare.Hmm.
I guess...
Sort out the minimum wage first...
(Which would have ramifications of pay rises right through the working class...)
Then look at welfare???;-)
You know... It could be done...
With that tiny percentage having over half the wealth in the whole darned country and all...
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