the problem with america.... we are all such victims - boo-hoo. nothing is our responsibility - boo-hoo! the big white man is out there trying to hold us back - boo-hoo! so and so is too rich and they don't deserve it - boo-hoo! every business is just out to rape us - boo-hoo!
i don't change my tune just to fit my newfound situation; another sad american trait
why does something bad need to happen to me to appreciate being financially responsible or making sound choices?
i hardly see how running from a fire, a well known danger in southern california by the way, has anything to do with this. i would say anyone experiencing a fire should be thankful an insurance company offered them a policy, i know i have been very grateful to have a few thousand in policy fees replaces tens of thousands of dollars in personal property. i guess someone forgot to tell my insurance company they are evil and are suppose to screw me sideways at every opportunity.
it is a simple reality that your socialist ideas don't work and make everything more miserable if not eventually collapse. you have to pay for value, pay that funds salaries and materials and drives innovation amongst other things.
i do wish the world was a utopian shang-ra-la like the next bloke, but i grew up and learned to start living a responsible existence; it is better for me and better for you too.
>>You don't get what you pay for...
if you shop poorly that is and expect the world...
companies are in the business of selling; if you have inferior coverage or poor service, it is because you CHOSE those options.
one should also not expect to be treated like a king while paying the fees of a peasant. you want king like service, you need to shell out king like dollars. you can't expect to pay %24.99 a month for DSL and then get a team of people making $40 a hour using million dollar equipment at your beck in call 24/7/365 even if the verizon commercial says you do.
an insurance company will sell you a policy to cover ANYTHING, you just have to pay for it; they are in the business of selling policies afterall. who here doesn't avoid their insurance agent because they are always trying to suggest additional coverages - the ones you find out you should have listened to him about when the hurricane of the century takes away your home. if you can't afford the insurance that you think you need on an item, then you can't afford the item and shouldn't have bought it in the first place; there is no excuse.
no one on a T-1 line ever complained about getting throttled. you want T-1 service, buy it. those of us paying 25 bux a month for 'unlimited' service are getting a fantastic deal as we are wringing the value out of all those grandmas who use as much bandwidth in a year that we use downloading one file. we are fortunate that it is more difficult to market and sell metered service, otherwise we'd be paying the big time dollars.
if you want your phone working now, you can pay for such service... do you think Oprah waits 2 weeks for a phone technician?
even better, do what people who say they must have full time utility service do, they purchase backup systems. it is a known truth that services fail, have a backup and you'll do just fine.
don't like how the airlines handle your flight? well if it is important enough to you, buy or rent a private jet. you'll soon realize the extraordinary value your getting for a $150 airline ticket.
health care costs are ever increasing because your life and health are important, they should be expensive. costs also continue to rise because most people treat their bodies like a Superfund site and hence the cost of cleanup is astronomical when they finally acknowledge and deal with the problem.
people have ever increasing problems paying bills because they are lousey financial planners and managers. americans in generally vastly overconsume and overborrow for consumables that no one forces them to purchase, so they CHOOSE to end up in this predicament.
don't want to be poor? don't spend more than you got, very simple math involved....
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the problem with america....
we are all such victims - boo-hoo.
nothing is our responsibility - boo-hoo!
the big white man is out there trying to hold us back - boo-hoo!
so and so is too rich and they don't deserve it - boo-hoo!
every business is just out to rape us - boo-hoo!
i don't change my tune just to fit my newfound situation; another sad american trait
why does something bad need to happen to me to appreciate being financially responsible or making sound choices?
i hardly see how running from a fire, a well known danger in southern california by the way, has anything to do with this. i would say anyone experiencing a fire should be thankful an insurance company offered them a policy, i know i have been very grateful to have a few thousand in policy fees replaces tens of thousands of dollars in personal property. i guess someone forgot to tell my insurance company they are evil and are suppose to screw me sideways at every opportunity.
it is a simple reality that your socialist ideas don't work and make everything more miserable if not eventually collapse. you have to pay for value, pay that funds salaries and materials and drives innovation amongst other things.
i do wish the world was a utopian shang-ra-la like the next bloke, but i grew up and learned to start living a responsible existence; it is better for me and better for you too.
>>You don't get what you pay for... if you shop poorly that is and expect the world... companies are in the business of selling; if you have inferior coverage or poor service, it is because you CHOSE those options. one should also not expect to be treated like a king while paying the fees of a peasant. you want king like service, you need to shell out king like dollars. you can't expect to pay %24.99 a month for DSL and then get a team of people making $40 a hour using million dollar equipment at your beck in call 24/7/365 even if the verizon commercial says you do. an insurance company will sell you a policy to cover ANYTHING, you just have to pay for it; they are in the business of selling policies afterall. who here doesn't avoid their insurance agent because they are always trying to suggest additional coverages - the ones you find out you should have listened to him about when the hurricane of the century takes away your home. if you can't afford the insurance that you think you need on an item, then you can't afford the item and shouldn't have bought it in the first place; there is no excuse. no one on a T-1 line ever complained about getting throttled. you want T-1 service, buy it. those of us paying 25 bux a month for 'unlimited' service are getting a fantastic deal as we are wringing the value out of all those grandmas who use as much bandwidth in a year that we use downloading one file. we are fortunate that it is more difficult to market and sell metered service, otherwise we'd be paying the big time dollars. if you want your phone working now, you can pay for such service... do you think Oprah waits 2 weeks for a phone technician? even better, do what people who say they must have full time utility service do, they purchase backup systems. it is a known truth that services fail, have a backup and you'll do just fine. don't like how the airlines handle your flight? well if it is important enough to you, buy or rent a private jet. you'll soon realize the extraordinary value your getting for a $150 airline ticket. health care costs are ever increasing because your life and health are important, they should be expensive. costs also continue to rise because most people treat their bodies like a Superfund site and hence the cost of cleanup is astronomical when they finally acknowledge and deal with the problem. people have ever increasing problems paying bills because they are lousey financial planners and managers. americans in generally vastly overconsume and overborrow for consumables that no one forces them to purchase, so they CHOOSE to end up in this predicament. don't want to be poor? don't spend more than you got, very simple math involved....