Steve S
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- Jun 5, 2007
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- Boat Info
- 2000 400 Sedan Bridge with twin CAT 3116's
2000 340 Sundancer - SOLD!
210 Monaco 1987 - SOLD!
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar 3116's 350 HP straight drives
Scott, I was going to say glad you asked until I read the rest of your post. You are really quite a mean and nasty person. I hate to take the bait, but rather than let you answer your own questions, with another insult, which I suspect is a trait of pretty extreme narcissism. 'not everything is about you'. No one is saying that every person can earn 6, 7 and 8 figure salaries and I certainly didn't ever say that we should somehow redistribute the wealth to them. We seem to be squeezing the working class for a whole lot of reasons. We're driving many hard working people into poverty, pricing affordable health care out of their reach, and moving towards a 2 class system, rich and labor' where labor will not afford housing or healthcare. The gap is widening. I think they deserve better, and I'm sorry you don't feel that way. Maybe we should just put them in big dorms like Foxcon. But then don't forget the nets! The 'I' and 'Me' in today's society is stiffling! Keep telling yourself your so much better than the person working 60 hours in a factory that they don't deserve health care, or a roof, or 3 meals a day... and keep a big glass of that kool aid close by.
Terri,
Having spent some time with Scott out on his boat, I can tell you that nothing could be further from the truth than you calling him a "mean and nasty person". He was very generous and cordial and couldn't do enough to make my stay welcome and memorable. However, between that visit and reading his posts here on CSR, I do agree with most of his views.
What exactly do you mean "We're driving many hard working people into poverty"? Who is "We're". You? Me? Scott? Because we work hard for our money and want to keep as much as possible of it to spend as we see fit that means we are driving hard working people into poverty? I do not get that logic at all.
You mentioned affordable health care... it isn't the health care industry as much as it is the insurance companies. My mother worked for a doctor office with 3 and 4 doctors practicing her entire career. She handled all of the billing and insurance claims for that office. My current doctor has 3 partners in the practice and 6 office people to handle all of the insurance paperwork. Who pays for all that? We do through insurance or direct exaggerated costs.
Further, a number of years ago my then 20 year old daughter had a bladder infection - it hit her late in the evening - I took her to the 24 hour clinic. They examined her, had her pee in a cup, dipped a strip in the cup, and gave her a prescription and sent her home. I do not even think she wrinkled the paper on the table... and they gave her a bill for $1,700 because she was uninsured. However if she was on my policy it would have been a $35 charge... WHAT? Are you going to tell me that the service was worth $1,700? Or for that matter that is was worth the $35? Probably the real cost was somewhere between $75 and $100 BUT insurance companies drive the pricing now.
It is called life. Some people are dealt a better hand initially, some get a terrible hand and have to fold and some work hard to get a better hand later in the game. Just because a guy folds doesn't mean that I have to give him some of my chips to play with...
Many people today do not want to work - they want everything handed to them. Now - right now! No waiting! For gods sake do not give a kid an "F" or announce that someone is the class valedictorian. Someone's feeling might get hurt. Let's just keep stroking peoples egos so they think that they deserve everything in the world.
I have faced many hardships in my own life to get where I am today. I never took any handouts. I raised my daughter on my own and provided for her. There were times I ate lots of peanut butter sandwiches and lots of macaroni and scrambled eggs. I couldn't afford cable TV and I drove a $500 car. But I worked my way out of it, became very good in my profession and today I earn a very good living. And I want to keep as much of my money as "MY MONEY"! I worked for it. It is mine!
Nobody deserves a 3,600 sq ft house with a pool, a Lexus or Mercedes, a big Sea Ray or a Beechcraft airplane. What they do deserve is a clean, dry, house to protect them from the elements. The ability to acquire healthy food and water. To live in a neighborhood that is relatively crime free. No more, no less.
Hard work and ambitions can provide the nice house and the toys. But even then nothing is guaranteed! There is no free ride nor a perfect world!
What happened to kids being kids. Kids wear helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves etc all to ride around the block using training wheels. What happened to letting kids fall down and learn from their mistakes. Now with all their armor on if something happens it is someone else's fault and they "should pay".
The government says we have to wear seat belts in cars, wear helmets on motorcycles, kids need to be in car booster seats until they are 13. ( I am not against any of those things but they shouldn't be mandated.) Now the Coast Guard wants to mandate life vests at all times - even while at the dock. There are cameras at stop lights, on highways and in places you probably never see. We are closer to George Orwell's "Big Brother" than many people realize. Where does it stop? When we have no free choice at all and we give the government all our money and they give us an allowance each week?.
Do not misunderstand me. I give generously to many organizations and I tithe generously to my church. But it is my decision to spend my money -NOT the governments decision on how to spend my money!
-Steve