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<blockquote data-quote="sortaisle" data-source="post: 1197743" data-attributes="member: 17605"><p>Working part time in the past can't even compare with working part time now. Let's be honest...at least half of us has a car note, a cell bill, and internet to pay, all of which (other than the car note...but many more people took public transportation back in the day) didn't exist then. I believe that what people see as the standard of living is skewed. Do you need a cell, internet, or even a car to make it in this day and age to survive without assistance? Those average costs are at least $200 a month and for most people (who want/need a more reliable ride) closer to $500 or $600 a month. Hell a new car is at least $200 by itself if you get a Fiat 500. That's not including gas or insurance. Now...no one wants to live a scorched earth lifestyle, I understand. But what's the honest message here? What's more important? The dignity and self respect that comes with doing what you have to to make it alone and to find and strive for better or accepting government assistance while still having the extras? Being poor is suppose to be hard. It's suppose to suck. It's suppose to make you want to better yourself. But now it's easy to be poor and it's infected our society in a big bad way. My parents were...hell they are poor. Never once a day in their lives have they ever taken government assistance and they have a dignity and self respect that the other members of my family don't have. I have an aunt and a cousin who've lived off of assistance for the better part of their lives and the only thing it's bred for them is entitlement. All I've read on here is UPS sucks, they can afford to pay better. Yes it's true, but what the <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> are you spouting it here for? Get your arse out there and make it happen somehow or find a better job or get a better education. Wishing UPS would pay better is non productive and it burns calories you don't need to burn. Doing something about your situation is a much better way to burn your calories and you'll feel a billion times better about yourself while your doing it. End rant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sortaisle, post: 1197743, member: 17605"] Working part time in the past can't even compare with working part time now. Let's be honest...at least half of us has a car note, a cell bill, and internet to pay, all of which (other than the car note...but many more people took public transportation back in the day) didn't exist then. I believe that what people see as the standard of living is skewed. Do you need a cell, internet, or even a car to make it in this day and age to survive without assistance? Those average costs are at least $200 a month and for most people (who want/need a more reliable ride) closer to $500 or $600 a month. Hell a new car is at least $200 by itself if you get a Fiat 500. That's not including gas or insurance. Now...no one wants to live a scorched earth lifestyle, I understand. But what's the honest message here? What's more important? The dignity and self respect that comes with doing what you have to to make it alone and to find and strive for better or accepting government assistance while still having the extras? Being poor is suppose to be hard. It's suppose to suck. It's suppose to make you want to better yourself. But now it's easy to be poor and it's infected our society in a big bad way. My parents were...hell they are poor. Never once a day in their lives have they ever taken government assistance and they have a dignity and self respect that the other members of my family don't have. I have an aunt and a cousin who've lived off of assistance for the better part of their lives and the only thing it's bred for them is entitlement. All I've read on here is UPS sucks, they can afford to pay better. Yes it's true, but what the [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] are you spouting it here for? Get your arse out there and make it happen somehow or find a better job or get a better education. Wishing UPS would pay better is non productive and it burns calories you don't need to burn. Doing something about your situation is a much better way to burn your calories and you'll feel a billion times better about yourself while your doing it. End rant. [/QUOTE]
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