Still haven't gotten that wheel fixed. Don't know how long this is going to take now. Being dependent on other people, means that nothing gets done when I want it to, but only when someone else comes along to help out. That's not as often as you think either.
I don't know why somebody would actually think that all of us want to be dependent on somebody else. While at the same time that person will say that the people who complain about the 1%, just want to be rich.
Now, if the only way for me to get to be dependent on someone (Uncle Sam in this case) is to be flat phukin broke, then how do you accuse me of just wanting to be rich? If those two scenarios are true simultaneously, then I am really bad at getting what I want. Of course, there are some people who want to live their lives in poverty. I am not one of them. I'm used to it, mind you, but I don't like it.
I saw this today, and I looked at it for a while. I was tempted to list a product from each brand that I regularly use, and add up to see how much each company is getting from me. What is the use though? It isn't like I buy a whole lot of those brands these days, I stick to generics and lower prices. Even that stuff is a rip off. I buy from a "discount" grocery store. I shop there because the food is less expensive for one, and I have to feed the whole family. The food is poorer quality though. "Fresh" vegetables are at the very end of their peak. If I buy something and it stays a day too long in the fridge, I wasted money. That is also the reason people who are poor in this country stick to pre-packaged foods. That takes me back to that list. If people who are poor are buying the brands that are controlled by only a few companies, and they are making huge profits, it is because of the poor people who purchase those things. So shove your argument about me being dependent on the "haves" for the lack that I do possess. The reason they are rich is because of us. They have marketed to us, addicted us, and then drained the life out of us. They are obviously, dependent on us, so No, I don't want to be rich.
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