Quote Originally Posted by everlastsupport View Post
I like the ones here on the corner with a cigarette in their lips (how much a pack now?) and a smart phone on the hip. I stopped giving a long time ago when I saw that pattern and a local new channel followed a handicapped homeless guy back to his new caddi a couple blocks away.
A lot of people were duped into bad mortgages during the housing bubble, and a lot of other people falsified mortgage applications. The first set of people were victims of aggressive loan companies, and the second set were victims of themselves. What bugs me is the sense of entitlement certain people have: I *must* have a new car, I *must* have a fine house, I *must* have my cigarettes and smart phone etc. even when they can't afford it.

A guy I worked with suddenly went from single bachelor, apartment, new car to supporting his mother and sister when his father died suddenly. After he moved back home he lamented to me how tough it was, but was shocked when I suggested little things like disconnecting the cable tv, stop buying new clothes, and carrying his lunch to work instead of eating out every day. He couldn't grasp the concept of doing without, even for a short period of time while his family concerns were sorted out.