re: Nice opinion piece on income inequality from CNN

i always take a personal issue from this.

at 18 my parents kicked me out. no financial support at all. still loving people, but weren't going to pay for me. I starved, worked 40 hours to get through school and got married young so I could start getting tax benefits sooner.

2 weeks after i graduated we had our firstborn and i took the first job that could keep a roof over his head and food in his mouth. it sucked and it payed jack squat. but i'm not mad that the guy i worked for had his school paid for. it just made me want to take care of my kids in the future. i want them to have it easier than I did, but i am sure as hell not going to give them everything because they need to learn what work is.

that being said, i have my first chance to make 6 figures at 30 this year, more than my parents ever did.

Being pissed because somebody worked hard to get what they have or parents worked hard to give them what they have is no way to go through life. It's petty and jealous.


(I think Vols&Shaft has a similar story)