55 years ago I pushed a lawn mower up&down the streets of my neighborhood for spending money, saved a portion; 50 years ago I worked summers, afternoons and weekends during high school for spending money, saved a portion; 40 years ago I completed graduate work in BioMedical Engineering during which I didn’t work other than long days in t…
55 years ago I pushed a lawn mower up&down the streets of my neighborhood for spending money, saved a portion; 50 years ago I worked summers, afternoons and weekends during high school for spending money, saved a portion; 40 years ago I completed graduate work in BioMedical Engineering during which I didn’t work other than long days in the lab (for which I received a small token of appreciation 😂) - but before that I put myself through NoVa community college, VaTech Biochem by working nearly any hours not spent in school or studying, and I saved a portion. I graduated law school debt free by working and marrying well (well, golly, ya gotta do what ya gotta do 😀 😆). My son and his wife graduated with their own flavor of professional doctorates with a pile of their own debt - let me repeat that: THEIR own debt. They could’a waited for the 💩 💩 in chief to bribe them (wouldn’t work 😊) but they did what previous generations have done and paid THEIR debt. Let me repeat that part as well: THEY paid off their debt.
What floods my fields is having to pay for someone else’s debt. If they actually paid for something worthwhile, had a work ethic that was once part of this nation (really not so long ago), if our national ethos still reflected timeless characteristics…
Instead, evil Robin Hood is alive and well today, taking from ____ and giving to ____, via the mechanism of wealth transfer. Partially, as a result of this, a national ethos has been inverted and our great great great 🤔 great great grandchildren owe $34T, soon to be $50T <- which does not include unfunded liabilities.
We’ve looked in the mirror…and seen the enemy.
Well, wish I could say today’s venting made me feel better; tho I will say Mr Douglass is correct with the exception some of us don’t have cartridge boxes - I reload!
55 years ago I pushed a lawn mower up&down the streets of my neighborhood for spending money, saved a portion; 50 years ago I worked summers, afternoons and weekends during high school for spending money, saved a portion; 40 years ago I completed graduate work in BioMedical Engineering during which I didn’t work other than long days in the lab (for which I received a small token of appreciation 😂) - but before that I put myself through NoVa community college, VaTech Biochem by working nearly any hours not spent in school or studying, and I saved a portion. I graduated law school debt free by working and marrying well (well, golly, ya gotta do what ya gotta do 😀 😆). My son and his wife graduated with their own flavor of professional doctorates with a pile of their own debt - let me repeat that: THEIR own debt. They could’a waited for the 💩 💩 in chief to bribe them (wouldn’t work 😊) but they did what previous generations have done and paid THEIR debt. Let me repeat that part as well: THEY paid off their debt.
What floods my fields is having to pay for someone else’s debt. If they actually paid for something worthwhile, had a work ethic that was once part of this nation (really not so long ago), if our national ethos still reflected timeless characteristics…
Instead, evil Robin Hood is alive and well today, taking from ____ and giving to ____, via the mechanism of wealth transfer. Partially, as a result of this, a national ethos has been inverted and our great great great 🤔 great great grandchildren owe $34T, soon to be $50T <- which does not include unfunded liabilities.
We’ve looked in the mirror…and seen the enemy.
Well, wish I could say today’s venting made me feel better; tho I will say Mr Douglass is correct with the exception some of us don’t have cartridge boxes - I reload!