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In reply to the discussion: The Wealthy Have 'Worked Hard' And Deserve To Keep Their Money [View all]Volaris
(11,720 posts)Example: Pay cash for everything you bye. (as in NEVER pay interest on it). That rich fucker who puts all of his monthly expenses on a no-limit A.Exp. card pays off the totality of the bill every month, and therefore, pays NO INTEREST on all the money he borrowed for the last 30 days. For the rest of us, this may not be as easy as it sounds, but I think we the little people have to at least TRY. INTEREST DUE is bad, bad, bad, bad.
Working JUST to pay bills is also bad, bad, bad. When R-Money goes out and makes a paid speech, you think he is doing that because he has a utility bill that needs catching up on? NO. We have to understand as they do, that if you have enough in the bank to live on for a month, that those 4 weeks you spend working anyway is a PROFIT MAKING endeavor for you. I know its damn hard for us little people to "get ahead" that way, but it CAN be done.
Don't let other people "rip you off". These rich fuckers think taxes and living wages are a form of theft being perpetrated upon them, we have to start thinking along those same lines. If your new barbecue is offered with a lifetime warranty for a little extra cash up front, get it, (Mittens will) 'cause for damn sure, that thing wont last through the second summer. Take whatever you can EVERY TIME you can, THEY know it saves money in the long run, that's why THEY do it
These are things that are NOT learned by people who got rich and then forgot how they got that way. These are ideas that are part and parcel to the financial inheritance that they will pass down to their KIDS.
Our elected politicians are not going to help us get our middle-class wealth back. If anything, THEY are the ones who sold it off to the rich without our consent in the first place. WE must do this on our own. If that means living like a poor person so my kid can go to college without having to pay that expense out of her own pocket, so be it. If I have to work and live like a pauper and save half a years salary so I can WORK for a year with NO expenses to make that happen, I WILL. If we want our middle class wealth handed back to our kids, we have to do it OURSELVES.
I'm sure the aggregate of creative minds around here can come up with other examples of how to think like "they" do, (but without sacrificing our souls in the process) and I would love to hear them.
And remember, THEY don't get rich (or STAY that way) unless the rest of us have disposable cash to keep putting in their pockets.