Working and Poor

Was absent a week and no one complained.  Tsk, tsk. :)

I watched a poor woman, probably 30 at the most, holding her back and walking with her two well mannered sons.  In her eyes, and in her walk, I saw not a “taker and do-nothing,” but the exhaustion of the working poor with little to no hope.

Crumbs For The Masses

$8.23.  That’s what my share of the aggregate net settlement fund for an egregious matter concerning a Wall Street firm/bank was.  After the legal fees, of course.

Trial lawyer firms enrich themselves while their opponents write it off as business expenses.  And what of the aggrieved, the ones supposedly at the center?

Dogs at the tables of the poor fare far better.

Oh well, I’ll buy a good smoothie or something. :)

Wait, isn’t that what they expect?  For us to shrug about the crumbs?

Season of Weddings

This is the time of year when some hapless young person pays 2 months’ or more salary for an engagement ring.  And then the couple (and maybe their parents) go into debt to pay for an expensive wedding and honeymoon.  Meaning the couple start deep in debt. 

Anyone think THAT will stack the odds in favor of success?

Straining at Gnats While Elephants Rampage

We spend enormous amounts of time, efforts, and money guarding against extraordinarily unlikely things or forbidding an individual from assuming any risk (raw milk anyone?), while matters of much greater likelihood—and wider and more severe implications—are neglected.