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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Sometimes I think that people who do NOT live here jump to conclusions about all people who live here. There are some very wealthy people who do and others have saved, scrimped, done without, and made sacrifices to assure that in their retirement years they would be financially secure. It hurts me that some folks assume that all or most people who live in TV were born with a silver spoon in their mouths.
This grant issue is not as simplistic as you are making it jbdfan. The grant has not been granted. Grants are VERY hard to get.
I do say that the development of The Villages has turned Sumter county from one of the poorer counties into the one with the highest employment rate. That is a good thing.
It is UGLY to look down on people who are poor and UGLY to look down on people who have managed to live their life in such a way as to attain the privilege of living here. It is NOT a sin to be wealthy if you didn't steal to get it and worked hard to earn it and didn't throw it away when you did earn it.
Some folks who live here are arrogant and demanding and selfish, but I think they are the minority. It hurts all of us who live here to read that others are incorrectly judging all of us.
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I do agree with you that TV has provided opportunities for this area. But that has never been my point in my responses here. The idea that an affluent community, compared to most of the surrounding area, would get ANY money to supplement the squares to me is disgusting. The ironic part of this argument is that so many folks in this area claim to be fiscal conservatives but are ready to accept tax money for entertainment, entertainment......unbelievable to me.....
As far as the sense of entitlement comment, I stand by it.