slaveboyforyou
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From: Arkansas, U.S.A.
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had a recent visit from a distant relative who is about my dad's age. This relative spent his entire adult career in the Navy, while my dad did a 4 year stint and got out, working in the private sector all his life. Neither had college degrees, but my dad did work his way up into management at an electronics manufacturing facility. Yet this relative who spent his life in the Navy makes twice as much in retirement today than my dad who 'did the right thing' and spent the bulk of his life off the government dole. Later, my dad had to dodge the impacts of NAFTA in his sunset years, whereas the relative in the Navy did not.
This problem is waaaaaay beyond the actions of a welfare-conditioned colored woman turning down "housing with strings".
Well, my dad got drafted in 1965. He didn't have a choice about being in the Army. But he took advantage of the situation. He was working for Avis car rental, with no college degree. He got drafted, and he volunteered for OCS after his basic. He went there, and he got his commission and did his time in Vietnam as an infantry officer. He came back, and he took advantage of his GI Bill. He went full time to college, with only his part time National Guard wages and my mother's wages from working in the college's library. The day he graduated, he was hired. He worked for that company until his retirement in 1995.
The big difference I saw in my father and my friend's parent growing up? My father was a tightwad. He saved almost every dime he made. We could have had a huge house with a swimming pool. We could have taken lavish vacations. But we didn't. We lived modestly, and that was drilled into my head.
Guess what? My father is 65, retired, and living comfortably with no worries. Your attitude that your relative "lived on the dole" is idiotic. Your relative took advantage of his opportunities. I don't know about your father. All I know is that you can succeed if you want to. You just have to be patient, take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves, and you can't expect to get it all in the beginning. Your comment about Wal-Mart shows ignorance. Wal-Mart entry level jobs are exactly that.....entry level. You either strive to move up within Wal-Mart's chain of command, or you use your time there to get an education. If you fail to use your time wisely, than that's your fault.
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), and is smart enough with the lump sum and stipend to settle under a stable roof with food in the pantry. Can they rent out a room? Nope. That is income, and yanked right back out of the gov't check. Every pain in the ass that comes with having a stranger in your living space is completely unrewarded. Can they make things in those times they can, and get a booth at a swap meet twice a year? "You made $500 this month? Then we'll assume you are going to be making $500 every month, and cut your benefits accordingly. And because you are making so much, we'll add a $1500 share of cost on medical expenses." Better to just sit in the recliner with the drapes closed, all day, every day. Make the most of the pain pills and patches. 
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