Life Bill on 23 Apr 2008 03:19 pm
Why Do The Screw-ups Get Everything?
After chatting with my buddy… I’m curious… why in society are all of the screw-ups of the world getting bailed out? Why are the people that screw-up rewarded for it in a seemingly endless cycle, when many of the hard workers bust their asses without getting anything for it, other than some ulcers and half-hearted thank you? Am I just noticing this now, or is this a fairly new trend now that we’re in a world where youth games have no winners or losers, and college grads think they should be handed a house, a Lexus and keys to the private country club because they graduated?
Then there’s the housing market crisis, that has screw-ups on both sides; the owners that couldn’t afford what they were buying and the greedy filthy bankers that were happy to give out 100%, $400,000 mortgages to people.
So where’s my slice of the pie? What do I get for being a good homeowner and paying the bank each month, as I agreed in my contract? Why do I have to struggle with my fiancee to figure out how to finance a wedding, a new car, etc. etc. etc. down the road, when lots of people are going to be bailed out of their poor decision?
Yes I know that the country can’t go into a depression, and this bailout is necessary, but I think it’s just horribly unfair to those of us that pay like we should, budget our money, save some for the future and try to do things right. What do we get? When are we rewarded?
