In Reply to: see being unemployed goes along with a loss of health care... posted by shikantaza on 2012-03-01 11:29:00

• “People who don’t have money don’t understand the stress,”   -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 08:05:25 (120 views)
• I recall not having the RENT...that was stress. I recall having $2 in coins to gas the car..that ..  -  rem rehab  2012-03-02 10:09:59 (46 views)
• Saw Megan McArdle's reaction to this yesterday.   -  live  2012-03-01 10:20:32 (79 views)
• I'm sure there's stress involved, but worrying about whether you are going to be able  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 10:55:53 (73 views)
• I stubbed my toe, and it hurts. I mean, god damn. Seriously.  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:04:32 (59 views)
• That's not the point of her article.  -  live  2012-03-01 11:03:45 (59 views)
• well, yea... and that's why I felt her article wasn't even really responding to what is infuriating  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:10:48 (41 views)
• It's shitty to pull all your kids out of private school to put them into the public school system  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:06:18 (54 views)
• That's still not the point, though.  -  live  2012-03-01 11:08:11 (65 views)
• Oh cry me a fucking river.  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-03-02 18:07:21 (36 views)
• That's a silly place to fixate on tho lol  -  blue  2012-03-01 11:24:12 (62 views)
• The prevalence of this mentality, though, is why Mitt is dead meat.  -  Dick Nikon  2012-03-01 11:30:13 (48 views)
• Agree   -  live  2012-03-01 11:24:51 (38 views)
• yes, but again, it's not responsive to what people are frustrated about.  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:15:31 (47 views)
• If your kids changing schools once is the worst thing that happens to them or you  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:12:57 (53 views)
• If being unemployed for a couple years is the worst thing that happens to you, how bad is your life?  -  live  2012-03-01 11:24:08 (47 views)
• Bad argument to make  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 11:58:10 (46 views)
• Why?   -  live  2012-03-01 12:00:15 (36 views)
• Do you really have to ask? Like fanofnothing said, it's all about context  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 12:08:17 (48 views)
• So just imagine that rich Americans look at poor Americans like people in another country  -  live  2012-03-01 12:09:17 (51 views)
• No need to imagine it. They do.   -  Earl j. Slick  2012-03-02 16:09:53 (34 views)
• Because we couldn't care less about subhumans in other countries. See: Iraq   -  Dick Nikon  2012-03-01 12:07:01 (34 views)
• see being unemployed goes along with a loss of health care...  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:29:00 (45 views)
• Wow, you are missing the point  -  live  2012-03-01 11:31:22 (48 views)
• Poor here is rich nearly anywhere else, yes. Cost of living here is also higher compared...  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 11:58:55 (37 views)
• LMAO - cost of living is also much higher on the Upper East Side lololl   -  live  2012-03-01 12:00:41 (31 views)
• Yeah, no shit. And they chose to buy there.   -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 12:06:56 (33 views)
• Americans choose to buy in America!  -  live  2012-03-01 12:08:31 (44 views)
• Let me know when you take this more seriously, thanks.   -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 12:09:06 (35 views)
• No, I think you're missing the point. Protecting your health is in a different class of concern  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:36:51 (46 views)
• Do poor Americans get to complain when their house is broken into and their TV and jewelry stolen?  -  live  2012-03-01 11:43:06 (53 views)
• sure... my point is that it's a different class of concern than being stabbed in the process.   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:45:35 (30 views)
• Its all about context.   -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:44:52 (39 views)
• What context is that?  -  live  2012-03-01 11:48:56 (43 views)
• Show me where poor Americans are talking about how much worse their lives are  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:57:06 (41 views)
• Even the idiots in that article didn't say their lives were worse than poor people  -  live  2012-03-01 12:06:39 (48 views)
• I guess you could interpret the statement two ways  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 12:31:21 (49 views)
• FWIW, all those unemployed in Spain - They still have health care.   -  Dick Nikon  2012-03-01 11:39:09 (28 views)
• for real... or having to give up yearly vacations or fancy cars  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:16:31 (45 views)
• You see both sides?  -  Hoser  2012-03-01 10:50:30 (60 views)
• Cambodian national: "If a person makes over $700 and complains about money, their worldview..."  -  live  2012-03-01 11:05:54 (57 views)
• article on the topic: "Cambodians just can't understand the stress of being American and having  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:18:33 (42 views)
• It's a dumb quote and a dumb article - don't believe it justifies the reactions about "the rich"  -  live  2012-03-01 11:22:11 (46 views)
• of course they aren't representative, but this sort of shit is more common than you are letting on..   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:34:51 (45 views)
• I agree btw  -  Hoser  2012-03-01 11:11:56 (40 views)
• Your view is inconsistent...try to follow  -  live  2012-03-01 11:17:30 (53 views)
• oh jesus... I'd much rather be living in Cambodia than have terminal cancer   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:20:14 (39 views)
• Cambodians just don't understand the stress of being an American.  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:09:12 (56 views)
• Agree - it's a dumb article to begin with.  -  live  2012-03-01 11:14:46 (45 views)
• maybe not!   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:25:28 (52 views)
• You hate poor people more than anyone here, lol   -  live  2012-03-01 11:30:21 (39 views)
• btw, love that my hippieness gets you all hot and bothered   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 12:01:48 (45 views)
• did you learn that in Handshaking 101  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:43:26 (47 views)
• Got me good - your professional degree is way less 1% than mine   -  live  2012-03-01 11:47:51 (38 views)
• well you got me so good, I could only return the favor  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:53:18 (66 views)
• Business school is basically non-intellectual  -  live  2012-03-01 11:55:56 (41 views)
• you'll have to fill me in on why I hate poor people, ben   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 11:59:17 (41 views)
• OK  -  live  2012-03-01 12:05:12 (49 views)
• hate isn't really the right word... and hating Wal Mart =/= hating people who shop there  -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 12:14:10 (48 views)
• people who advocate for the poor actually get off on helping them  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 12:04:39 (46 views)
• Having money makes it easy to "see both sides".  -  fanofnothing  2012-03-01 11:00:19 (59 views)
• "Sure, we make a lot of money. But we spend a lot too." Patrick Ewing, trying to garner sympathy  -  BackseatGM  2012-03-01 11:15:45 (49 views)
• It's a simple problem  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 11:07:22 (52 views)
• I'm not sticking up for obnoxious rich people.  -  live  2012-03-01 11:09:42 (51 views)
• They're free to complain about things, sure  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 11:55:40 (49 views)
• OMFG   -  shikantaza  2012-03-01 08:33:18 (42 views)
• I would like the opportunity to kick ol' Alan in the balls.  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-03-01 08:34:54 (71 views)
• I see this shit stupid complaining a lot  -  blue  2012-03-01 08:20:32 (67 views)
• I used to see guys making $750K complaining that they were underpaid and deserved way more.  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-03-01 08:33:10 (78 views)
• I can see your point if they are saying they want more to buy stuff  -  DC Warrior  2012-03-01 09:01:53 (63 views)
• I guess you don't see my point.   -  Earl j. Slick  2012-03-02 14:36:49 (25 views)
• It's the whole "living within your means" thing  -  Flashfire  2012-03-01 08:38:12 (56 views)