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Originally Posted by rubicon
waynet: Perhaps. I lost my job at the age of 48 years. The unemployment rate was horrible and it took me nine months to find another job. I literally had to start all over again. I paid my bills and refused unemployment insurance. You know why? I have pride but then my wife and I never ask anyone, including our parents for one red cent. We paid for our wedding, our honeymoon our fueniture our homes, our education, etc. and my wife and I had the sense not to mortgage ourselves to the hilt. We set money aside for such an event as unemployment without raiding my 401k, etc.
waynet: some people are just plain bad money mnagers. they want it all and they want it now. and those are he type that many taxpayers object to supporting. CA-BISH
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Rubicon,
I can understand what you are saying but I do not agree with all of it. Lots of people do not have the recommended 6 months of emergency money and that is not due always to a spendthrift lifestyle.
As you know, I volunteer at the Christian Food Pantry in Lady Lake. There are some who get food and are gaming the system, I know. However, there are also some old folks who are getting only a few hundred dollars on Social Security and that goes for rent and utilities. We have to have compassion on those people, don't we? A few bags of groceries and a few dollars of food stamps keeps these people alive.
I am not preaching to you or anyone else. Villagers are known for their compassion towards others.