What I have never figured out is why there is this notion that if you donât have a skilled job, then you pretty much deserve to make so little money that youâll inevitably live in poverty. Where does this thinking originate from? Is it a new economic theory or is it market based economics? Sandybestdog, you know the answer to this. Why are you basically writing a doctoral thesis when, deep down, you know the answer? Just in case you don't, which i am pretty sure you do, jobs that require no skill or experience are reserved for students and young people who compete over those jobs and don't require much pay. If you want more money, learn a skill that young, inexperienced, college students can't get and you will do fine. Now, I am sure, you will write 500 words on some vague topic.
our "tax" package is quite high. It's just given a bunch of different names, like property taxes, sales tax, social security, medi-care, gasoline taxes, state income taxes, capital gains tax, etc etc. We're even taxed monthly on our cell phones for "environmental fees" For most that doesn't include retirement costs and their own medical insurance so freecash flow for most Americans is close to zero.
Every job I mentioned above I deemed required the same or less skill, risk, and investment than pizza delivery. Millions of Americans young and old do these jobs. They are not just for students and young people. So if we are going to continue with your philosophy, you are condeming millions of Americans to a life of poverty. I read some of your posts. You seemed very concerned and aware of the devaluation of the dollar. Don't you know inflation and the devaluing of the dollar is the preferred method of choice by the rich to widen the gap between them and the poor? So I donât need to write 500 words on my response to you. I can sum it up in 2 letters. F.U.
Why do you constantly focus on "why you can't" instead of "what you can"? Think about that for a while. Instead of chosing pizza delivery, why don't you chose something that is more highly skilled, compensated, sought after? I could go out and find 3+ pizza delivery jobs today, if I chose to, which means that it requires little skill. All they are looking for is someone that will show up for their shift and has a vehicle. Find a career that is a little more skilled, as has been discussed. Quite frankly, I have no more pitty for you, because anyone that has time to come to ET and talk about their problems, isn't working hard enough to justify that complaining, in my opinion. You should be working so hard, that you don't have the time or energy to complain on an internet board. Then and only then, would I agree that you have the right to complain.
Didnât we already go over this? Right now Iâm filling in for the day for my friend who owns a store in the local mall. 30 feet from me is the kiosk that I owned for 6 months. I worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, and invested over $25,000 to see that business succeed. Do you think I had a âwhy canât Iâ mentality when I opened that? I tried everything I could. I asked friends and family for advice on why I had no business. The mall staff couldnât figure it out. A local magazine even put my product and store location in as one of their top 10 gifts for the holidays. All of this failed miserably and nobody I asked could explain why to me. So donât tell me I havenât worked hard enough. This is just one of the many things I have tried and nothing has worked out. Again we still have this notion that hard work pays off when it clearly doesnât. Only smart work pays off and perhaps even to some extent dishonest work pays off. BTW, that kiosk is empty right now. Several merchants have been there since me, all are gone now. I guess I figured out that this mall isnât the best place to do business. Unfortunately it took me $20,000 to figure that out. Thatâs how business goes. I didnât go the traditional go to college to get a good job route. Maybe I should have. But I donât want to work for somebody else and have to rely on them. Iâve been trying to make it on my own.
the first thing you need to understand is the bible was written as a means of keeping the poor under control.
Havenât you been reading this thread? PIZZA DELIVERY. $2 and $3 tips at a time. I made almost every dime Iâve ever invested in the markets and business doing what society deems as a worthless job. Also as I explained earlier, I live a very modest life. I live with my parents and drive a very old car. I used to watch every dollar I spend because I wanted to, now I do it because I have to. So again. Iâll ask the question nobody has answered. If I used to make lots of money doing a worthless job, how come I canât anymore? How long until skilled proffessions like nurses, electricians, computer techâs etc. are saying the same thing?