Yesterday I was listening to a highly respected minister talk and I wanted to smack him across his face

[Stargazer99]

The lecture was about not spending so much as to help ones finances. So I thought to myself what do you do? Not see a doctor? Not fix the car? When one cannot pay basic living expenses from crappy wages from the capitalist employer, blame your self? When I was 15 yrs old I had to run away from home to prevent incest as a young person no one to help me (where in the hell were you my society?) oh I forgot a frightened 15 yr old was expected to reason like an adult. I lost my education when I ran away to protect my self and had to work for poor paying capitalist from a lack of skills to support myself. And now you want me to blame myself by not over spending by not being able to meet basic living needs. My response is what sh***y society I live in run by males

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[Vinca]

2. Well, you could always sell a couple of your homes. Scott Bessent says we all have a few extras around the world.

[niyad]

6. Exactly! problem solved! no upkeep, no taxes*, extra money.

*except for capital gains, but one can probably get around those with the right accountant.

[JT45242]

3. I don't drink starbucks etc to help finances

For me it is micro choices. Buy pop in grocery store and keep in office rather than pay at vending machine

[niyad]

10. I believe you are missing the point.

[Dan]

4. He/She might be highly respected, but

Why listen to a fool?

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. That "respected minister" should be addressing the greed

of the billionaires and corporate oligarchs.

Not the people being exploited.

A few years ago, I was in a convenience store on my job. A tobacco rep was there talking to the store employee & manager, about tax cuts and how we need to provide incentive and 'help' to job creators. And that workers can just live within their means.

I wrote down some fast math and showed them that even with a higher tax rate, someone making 2 million a year has A LOT MORE left to live on after taxes than gas station employees making 40k. I told him that the wrong people are being told to "live within their means".

It's only gotten worse since then. The rich are greedier than ever and don't give a rats ass about us.

[niyad]

9. Ohhh, they care about us!!! Why, we greedy, useless ones might

manage to scrape up an extra penny that actually belongs to them.

[niyad]

7. hugggggs. If you were listening in person, and walked out without

slapping him in his arrogant, tone-deaf face, I admire your self-restraint!

[Clouds Passing]

8. So many of us, our lives have been severely diminished because of sexual abuse.

Who could you have been? Who could I have been? Who could we have been if we hadn’t been sexually assaulted, not protected, ridiculed and outcasted?

I stand in solidarity with you Stargazer99

The American people have had enough belt tightening just in order to support a handful of billionaires.

Many countries in the world provide K -U education and healthcare. US doesn’t beacause the effing uber-rich.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. I am so sorry, stargazer.

For a minister, that guy is awfully shortsighted and narrow minded. Blaming the poor? He should be de-frocked.

They never go after the ones who deserve the blame.

I hope things are better for you now.

[purr-rat beauty]

12. For the most part

Our religious leaders are painfully quiet in the midst of this shit

Not all, but many. Guess their tax exempt status is more important than compassion.