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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
The tone of your post feels like it’s making assumptions people haven’t worked incredibly hard for what they already have.
Paid for all my schooling myself, paid for my first place myself, etc. etc. I’d accept I’m a benefactor of timing but that’s about it.
An extra 50k a year would make my life slightly more comfortable but it’s not like I’d be buying a new BMW. I’ve made more equity in my home in the last 6 year than I would have made with that extra 50k over 2 decades. I’m still not rich, not even close.
I never said anything about any business getting a hand out, I was saying the stress of trying to make a business work likely isn’t worth that extra bit of money you may or may not make and all the risk involved in that. Although I do think small business is a far better place to hand out money than these massive corpos in the back pocket of the govt.
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No no, there was no intention to be judgmental. Per your posts, in the grand scheme of things, you're quite well off, and kudos to you getting there.
And I understand your point about the 50k. But like someone else mentioned, if you're at a point in life where 50k isn't a big deal, then without meaning any offense you're detached from what a LOT of people call reality.
Like you say you're not rich. But your definition of rich is skewed. Literally 99% of the world can only dream to ever be in your financial state, and yet you feel like you're not rich. That, was my point. And to say things like student loan forgiveness is handouts for idiots who took arts majors, is a bit like saying I beat cancer by myself so I'm against funding cancer research.