Comments on: It’s all the fault of those people who work and save too much http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/ Beyond the World news headlines Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jonny505 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-23244 Jonny505 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:09:42 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-23244 - I have zero debt - A high income job - Bonus + benefits - I've eliminated unnecessary expenses - I rarely go out - My friends and I cook and share meals - I supplement my income from swing trading - I make royalties from one of my own products annually - I have no dependents - I don't even date I am the machine you loath and mistakenly blame for all of your financial problems. I am he that continues to collect your money when you're distracted and busy blaming someone or something for the world's problems. Your irresponsibility is my profit and my gain. While you gorge on food, drink and entertainment, I am scooping up your opportunities and keeping them for myself. These Western lifestyle habits will never change and thus my financial security is practically guaranteed. - I have zero debt
- A high income job
- Bonus + benefits
- I’ve eliminated unnecessary expenses
- I rarely go out
- My friends and I cook and share meals
- I supplement my income from swing trading
- I make royalties from one of my own products annually
- I have no dependents
- I don’t even date

I am the machine you loath and mistakenly blame for all of your financial problems. I am he that continues to collect your money when you’re distracted and busy blaming someone or something for the world’s problems. Your irresponsibility is my profit and my gain. While you gorge on food, drink and entertainment, I am scooping up your opportunities and keeping them for myself.

These Western lifestyle habits will never change and thus my financial security is practically guaranteed.

]]> By: grandpa http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10608 grandpa Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:43:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10608 HelloHey, thousands of us who read Reuters saw this all coming years ago, and just don't do the "consumerism" thing anyhow. We don't do loans which "feed the beast". We get only what we need and buy only quality stuff, fix things when they break, buy local, don't trust State or Federal government and it's mainstream spokespeople. We aren't going to change for Bernanke/BushObama/Goldman Sachs/US congress and Company. We save money, live and eat simply and well, don't watch TV, and all that unpatriotic stuff. Debt-free too. We love barter, taking care of our neighborhoods, and growing our own food. I guess we're just lousy Americans. There are thousands of we lousy Americans and more every day.We know a hustle when we see it, and the US government, the Federal Reserve, The US senate and house, State legislatures, and big banks have been hustling the people for years, and they just don't dare change their ways now. They have a tiger by the tail and can't let go. When a critical mass of the American people wake up, which they are slowly doing, it'll be something to behold. Whee-hah !! HelloHey, thousands of us who read Reuters saw this all coming years ago, and just don’t do the “consumerism” thing anyhow. We don’t do loans which “feed the beast”. We get only what we need and buy only quality stuff, fix things when they break, buy local, don’t trust State or Federal government and it’s mainstream spokespeople. We aren’t going to change for Bernanke/BushObama/Goldman Sachs/US congress and Company. We save money, live and eat simply and well, don’t watch TV, and all that unpatriotic stuff. Debt-free too. We love barter, taking care of our neighborhoods, and growing our own food. I guess we’re just lousy Americans. There are thousands of we lousy Americans and more every day.We know a hustle when we see it, and the US government, the Federal Reserve, The US senate and house, State legislatures, and big banks have been hustling the people for years, and they just don’t dare change their ways now. They have a tiger by the tail and can’t let go. When a critical mass of the American people wake up, which they are slowly doing, it’ll be something to behold. Whee-hah !!

]]> By: Jimmy South Africa http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10569 Jimmy South Africa Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10569 Of course, lets blame the other countries that were more responsible. What a stupid statement. How can you blame someone else for your own greed and ignorance? At least down here in our "3rd world" country our economic policy makers had enough foresight to see this coming. We had acts and legislature put in place more than 2 years ago to prevent ordinary people from becoming over-indebted. Of course, lets blame the other countries that were more responsible. What a stupid statement. How can you blame someone else for your own greed and ignorance? At least down here in our “3rd world” country our economic policy makers had enough foresight to see this coming. We had acts and legislature put in place more than 2 years ago to prevent ordinary people from becoming over-indebted.

]]> By: Westerner working in Mid of Asia http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 Westerner working in Mid of Asia Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10563 It is the weak and guilty who blame on others, is it not? Yet, truth is... looking at China, western companies have moved to here and have taught Chinese to produce and sell all that is asked for. USA has taught the world to buy and buy... on credit. The hidden side of the coin, people in this world learn fast, taking over. It is like the wealth built over generations in west is given away. West is too expensive, people not willing to work so much, then... what will west produce and have in the end??? It is the weak and guilty who blame on others, is it not? Yet, truth is… looking at China, western companies have moved to here and have taught Chinese to produce and sell all that is asked for. USA has taught the world to buy and buy… on credit. The hidden side of the coin, people in this world learn fast, taking over. It is like the wealth built over generations in west is given away. West is too expensive, people not willing to work so much, then… what will west produce and have in the end???

]]> By: Peter H http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10557 Peter H Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:41:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10557 So it wasn't the governments and happy shoppers spending too much on credit after all? Sounds about in the world we inhabit today... So it wasn’t the governments and happy shoppers spending too much on credit after all? Sounds about in the world we inhabit today…

]]> By: kementer http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10555 kementer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:09:17 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10555 Lord help you if you live in the U.S.A. and were responsible aboutliving within your means. If you have a mortgage you can sustain,pay it on time, checked facts and never carried an huge debt burden ... if you've always invested in energy-efficient cars, appliancesand insulated your home ... if you haven't striven to get as muchas you can in the short-term, tried to save so your kids could havea better life, tried to make sure they're educated instead ofsimply trained, can think instead of sit like idiots in front ofsome passive entertainment ... in short, if you have tried to bea responsible, civilized human being, then ...You lose, bucko. The government has to save all of the self-indulgentmorons, the greedy bankers, the corrupt management, unions,and the short-sighted "investors" from feeling any pain fortheir actions. The government has to save them all with theonly actual source of *real* revenue it has: you, and your kids,and your kid's kids to the nth will end up as slaves to pay offthe debt incurred by the federal government and the self-centeredtwits that kept voting them in.So much for America. Lord help you if you live in the U.S.A. and were responsible aboutliving within your means. If you have a mortgage you can sustain,pay it on time, checked facts and never carried an huge debt burden … if you’ve always invested in energy-efficient cars, appliancesand insulated your home … if you haven’t striven to get as muchas you can in the short-term, tried to save so your kids could havea better life, tried to make sure they’re educated instead ofsimply trained, can think instead of sit like idiots in front ofsome passive entertainment … in short, if you have tried to bea responsible, civilized human being, then …You lose, bucko. The government has to save all of the self-indulgentmorons, the greedy bankers, the corrupt management, unions,and the short-sighted “investors” from feeling any pain fortheir actions. The government has to save them all with theonly actual source of *real* revenue it has: you, and your kids,and your kid’s kids to the nth will end up as slaves to pay offthe debt incurred by the federal government and the self-centeredtwits that kept voting them in.So much for America.

]]> By: Lily http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/17/its-all-the-fault-of-those-people-who-work-and-save-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-10548 Lily Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:12 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/global/?p=5261#comment-10548 "It's all the fault of those people who work and save too much."Can someone say this louder please? Unfortunately, I don't think enough people can hear...or for that matter, want to hear the truth in this.thanks for bring it up. “It’s all the fault of those people who work and save too much.”Can someone say this louder please? Unfortunately, I don’t think enough people can hear…or for that matter, want to hear the truth in this.thanks for bring it up.

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