Clap your hands and say "I AM FUCKING BROKE!"

By: ChrisJones Mood: angry Date: 02/13/2008 16:32:49 Music: silence

I’m so mad at something I can’t just beat with a baseball bat. It’s called, EVERYBODY I KNOW IS BARELY GETTING BY. Yes, I know a lot of people.

I ask my friends how much they make at their jobs. Not much at all. Does this mean I am only associating with the “lower class”? gasp… Why does mention the lower class seem to invoke so much fear into people? Is there really a “class war”? Last I checked, nobody cared about anybody but their own lives. America is full of opportunities for education, career climbing jobs, credit, mortgages, blah blah. Good stuff that you hope one day you will get a piece of! Good stuff that I just assumed was out there for everybody to grab if they chose to grab it.

But I’m wrong.

Okay okay, so this is where you say “point the finger away from yourself”  or “stand up and take responsibility”. And I say this. YOU ARE WRONG. That shitty fast food job you have now? Well in your adult life you won’t be making more than twice that amount unless you become extremely lucky or have special privileges.

80 percent of all American households(2 incomes) make less than 100,000 per year. 20 percent make less than 11,000 and the next 20 make under 30,000.

But the homeowners make money right? Nope. You can get an adjustable rate mortgage for a little more than an apartment(800-1200 per month). The term home owner is misleading. If you just “bought” a 200K house technically you are in debt. If you don’t pay that debt, you sure will find out who really owns your home!

Now I speak on the subject of “just getting by”.

Jobs that were union, full benefits, full time jobs 40 years ago are now part time, minimum wage, no benefit jobs. It’s hard to get a full time job for a damn good reason. It’s cheaper for the companies to hire part timers and pay them minimum wage as opposed to full time employees. This is BULLSHIT.

The minimum wage? It’s 5.15 per hour in the US. THIS IS BULLSHIT

It’s 2008 now. The “living wage” on average is 19.00 per hour. Imagine that! The living wage is the amount required to lift a family of four out of the federal poverty line. The CT minimum wage is 7.65. Is this because it is expensive to live here or because the labor board is strong? Answer: Choice A. Our living wage would be around 25.00 per hour. Heck, that’s how much my college educated brother makes! After years of college he makes just enough money to stay above the poverty line. THAT IS BULLSHIT.

Enough of this! Where is this money? Answer: The pockets of filthy rich CEO’s and Top Managers. Yes folks, these “individuals” made millions all by themselves! Or did they? The fact is, these people made it on the backs of their employees. They rip off their employees to a degree that’s unfathomable. And they are rewarded with being on the cover of fortune magazine? WHAT THE FUCK! These idiots take advantage of people in ways we cannot even imagine. Imagine hundreds of these idiots running around shortchanging the American public. Yes, folks, inequality is the name of the game. Seriously, once you have made 100 million dollars, what more do you need? Your own space program? It’s so ridiculous that the government REWARDS them for HIDING their money in assets. While the lower class(who don’t own shit) get taxed to hell!(on houses and cars that belong to the bank!)

You want me to get angrier? OK!

2 words

HEALTH CARE.

65 percent of all personal US bankruptcy are caused by the most popular event.  “outstanding medical bills” We are the only country in the modern world with privatized health care. Imagine the lives ruined by a fucking hospital! Insurance companies drop you for no reason. Coverage is limited. It ruins your credit. Ahh now I’m so angry I’m going to fucking own on counterstrike.

Next up: overdraft bank fees(do we not have the technology to prevent and account from going over 0? Oh yes, we do, but god damn Bank of America wants that 35 bucks!). Credit debt(let’s make up interest rates, woohoo spin the wheel! FREE MONEY!). The drug WAR. The Iraq WAR. The War on Terror. ooooh

Now I’m angry!