ARG screw it. I'm just gonna rant and type until its all out.

I read this article found on http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558 the other day and wrote a quick response, but it just wasnt enough.

So today I am just going to go absolutely raving mad and get some stuff off my chest.

It's amazing some of the comments from the trolls, it's absolutely appauling to think that some people either just were'nt raised with empathy or dont have the gene for it - lack of empathy is a fucking disease. It's like a rotting plague eating away at the planet. (We have consented to the authority of sociopaths - http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-Someone-Is-a-Sociopath)

The first part of my adult life I was a carpenter; right out of high-school. I graduated early (thats the redneck way to say I quit). I built big custom homes on a golf course. I produced an awesome product and got paid for it once.  The funny thing is, the product I made will stand for a hundred years or more. And I am sure the banks are still getting mortgage payments on a product I helped create.

Wow, when I stop and think about what I just said there it blows my mind. I built custom houses for rich people that are still making payments on something I built 20 years ago for $5/hr.  I wish I could get a piece of that income - hell, I am partly responsible for a 30 year income for some fat banker.  I have suffered the pain of back surgery for some fat fuck that probably cant pick up anything heavier than a fucking pencil.

Poverty will beat your ass. Poverty will beat your ass and then beat your ass some more, and then when you get to the point where you can pick your head up and look someone in the eye it only takes the smallest problem for poverty to come back and kick your ass some more.

Actually its more of a disaster, poor people don't ever really have problems - we have disasters. A broken appliance can be a disaster. Car problems and driver license problems  and fucking mandatory insurance (poor tax) are an even worse disaster.

I spent the majority of my adult life and income just trying to be able to drive to build the fucking rich mans house.  I had to 'pay' to work - what the fuck is that shit any way. Everybody stop and think about that one for a minute. You have to 'pay' to go to work. Not just poor people but rich people too. The only difference is the rich people don't even think about everything on auto-pay.  But when your trying to raise a family on $10/hr you have to make sacrifices.

I love it when some ass hat says - 'just pick yourself by your bootstraps and do better' - fuck that shit.  Do better - better than what?  Building houses is a good decent job, at least thats what I used to think - turns out the world needs a million corrupt lawyers and bankers more than it needs fucking houses.  Id like to see some fuckin prissy lawyer with a smashed fucking finger when he hits it with a hammer.

You know , if it wasnt for all us dirty carpenters and plumbers and electricians all you motherfuckers would still be living in fucking tents and tee-pees.

The thing that pisses me off the most is being thought of as lazy - followed closely by being thought of as uneducated.  Lazy? Are you fucking kidding me? I was so fucking lazy I ended up having a back surgery you pompass rich fuck!!! And I didn't wind up having that happen from sittin on my fat ass.  I probably moved more weight in lumber before most peoples breakfast than you'll ever move in your life.

And welfare, yeah that was my fucking lifes ambition.  It's like a goddamn job keeping up with that mountain of paperwork - and the embarassment of taking all the bullshit paperwork to employers and landlords is not worth the trouble.  If I wouldnt have had 4 kids to feed I just would have went without because of the bullshit.

The uneducated part burns my ass too.  Look here you self-righteous judgemental SOBS, you were able to go to college (more than likely paid for by mommy and daddy).  I went to community college while working and trying to raise a family on welfare. The best fucking thing I got out of that was - 'Hey great degree, you got any experience to go with that' - and then to find out $24k in debt leads to fucking $10/hr tech-support for idiots that are barely able to pick thier fucking noses.

Now I fall into that 'Over-40' and 'unemployed longer than 6 months trap.  It's pretty much over from here. Am I lazy now ? You bet your sweet ass I am.  I don't think flipping fucking burgers is going to lead me to that dream job I went to college for.  I'm an adult god-dammit and I deserve an adults job. It's fucking hillarious when I see these companies I interview with hire some fucking 20-something that can barely formulate a fucking sentence and has no concept of how to talk to people.