those of us who make $250,000 or more are vilified — Page 3

And then they complain in Canada of the cost of a post 2ndary education.


The whole thing seems to smack of North American expectaions and sense of entitlement that cont to promote hundreds of get rich quick/under the guise of self help books not to mention that dreck called The Promise and all it's misbegotten kin.
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Yes, but couldn't they have also afforded to pay a few hundred dollars a month while their child was in school towards the tuition?

That payment plan doesn't exist. Or at least it hasn't in any institution of higher learning that I've attended.

And yeah, I graduated college with a manageable amount of debt, too. Part of that is because I worked two jobs on campus and another during the summer - but most of it is because I was privileged enough to have parents and grandparents who could put their funds together and pay for most of the (very high) tuition. Again, though, that was a privilege. And one that plenty of people don't have.

(Including me, now. I'm paying for law school on my own with nothing but loans. How very irresponsible of me.)

Yes. You're not the first. I don't know why people get confused, I don't think I try to hide it or anything. Should I talk about my period more? It ended Saturday.

That payment plan doesn't exist. Or at least it hasn't in any institution of higher learning that I've attended.

My parents have done it at two colleges in two states and I believe are doing the same for my brother now in at a third college. I don't remember the whole set up, we arranged to have the financial aide come up short and my parents were billed for the difference.

Again, though, that was a privilege. And one that plenty of people don't have.

Of course. And people who make $250,000 a year definitely have that privilege. If someone can't afford to put a child (or two or three!) through a $40,000 college on a salary of quarter million dollars, the problem isn't the cost of college (because many less well off manage), it's their poor spending habits.

To segue back to the original topic, it's not the government or Obama's fault that they chose to spend $250,000 a year on mortgages for McMansions in Newport Beach and paying back interest on college tuition loans so that they're apparently so financially strained they can't afford to pay anymore in taxes. They've been living too close to the brink and are mad the economy and the current president won't let them continue to get away with it.

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Updated On: 9/22/10 at 01:40 AM

Of course, college is a more sympathetic expense than a new Lexus every year. My original post was more frustration that someone earning $250,000 a year feels they need to take out college loans in the first place. It just seems like more of the "Why pay now when you can pay later?" credit card mindset.

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I think this is one of those things where I know my personal bias is too deep to even be mildly objective. I'm in a three person household (lol, trailerhold) that collectively banks less than 50k a year, with all three people working.

I'm sure someone could come up with convincing arguments about the hardship of someone making $250,000+ but I will never ever take it seriously.

I don't know why people get confused, I don't think I try to hide it or anything. Should I talk about my period more? It ended Saturday.

Welcome to the internet forum gender confusion club. You may be onto something with the period angle. But that tends to make people uncomfortable, so I think I'll try and pepper my posts with anecdotes about my multiple endometrial biopsies instead.

One fun fact I heard on the radio this morning: Newport Beach CA is the most expensive housing market in the country, even more than New York, according to a Coldwell Banker Real Estate report. Hmmmm...

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I have been living a life of respectability for three weeks now, thank you very much.

Three weeks? congratulations, you are eligible to be the republican nominee for the Senate from Delaware!

I wonder if the lawn guy is paid under the table?

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More from the cake eating, 'whining Chicago professor:

Henderson argues that he can't afford higher taxes without cutting back on expenses, which would hurt the economy. He mentions the Mexican immigrant who cuts his lawn, the Polish immigrant who cleans his house, cell phone and cable service, and art classes for his daughter as potential budget cuts.

Count me in on this dude's 'electric lynch mob'.