That's because your perspective is somewhat skewed as well. The grass is
always greener apparently, except over the septic tank.
Here, the rich get better health insurance than the poor. In the
capitalistic society that you think I'm taking for granted, I've been
laid-off three times. Spent over 23 months unemployed. Seen people lose
pensions and homes due to corporate greed. Have friends who could not get
health insurance due to having a pre-condition as a child, and have spent
thousands on health care, close to bankruptcy and lost their homes.
The most secure position I've ever had was with a government agency, that
could not get rid of its employees to be more efficient. I was at four
different companies that laid off over 5,000 people to increase efficiency.
If you had our system, they'd probably lay you off, evict you, and you'd be
struggling to make ends meet. Of the three times, I was laid off, only once
did I get unemployment, and it wasn't enough to pay rent.
So, no, I don't take what I have for granted. But have you been laid-off??
Have you suffered sever unemployment? Have you seen severe poverty? I
have. Have you seen someone die because they couldn't pay for their health
care? Have you seen families evicted because a real estate developer
decided to turn an apartment building into pricy co-ops? Or had your rent
increased by 250-400 dollars to fit the market rates, so you had to move?
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Date: 2017-06-19 03:02 pm (UTC)That's because your perspective is somewhat skewed as well. The grass is always greener apparently, except over the septic tank.
Here, the rich get better health insurance than the poor. In the capitalistic society that you think I'm taking for granted, I've been laid-off three times. Spent over 23 months unemployed. Seen people lose pensions and homes due to corporate greed. Have friends who could not get health insurance due to having a pre-condition as a child, and have spent thousands on health care, close to bankruptcy and lost their homes.
The most secure position I've ever had was with a government agency, that could not get rid of its employees to be more efficient. I was at four different companies that laid off over 5,000 people to increase efficiency. If you had our system, they'd probably lay you off, evict you, and you'd be struggling to make ends meet. Of the three times, I was laid off, only once did I get unemployment, and it wasn't enough to pay rent.
So, no, I don't take what I have for granted. But have you been laid-off?? Have you suffered sever unemployment? Have you seen severe poverty? I have. Have you seen someone die because they couldn't pay for their health care? Have you seen families evicted because a real estate developer decided to turn an apartment building into pricy co-ops? Or had your rent increased by 250-400 dollars to fit the market rates, so you had to move?