Minimum Wage
Yay, the states and even the government are talking about raising the minimum wage.
When a company pays a worker minimum wage here's what they are telling you.
Company:
HAHAHA, your lucky I even pay you at all you worthless piece of crap. If it wasnt against the law for me to chain you to the wall and beat you into submission and starve you until your dead I would. It's not my fault as a company that you can't pay your bills, or eat or afford to do anything for that matter. Thats your fault for being born into poverty you piece of shit, and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure you fuckin stay there.
You need money to pay for somewhere to live. You better hope somebody in your family with some money croaks off and I don't get my hands on the inheritance before you do (probate). You should be able to sleep in the street you piece of shit, and make sure you wash up at the fucking public toilet before you get here - because if you like shit on the wages I'm forced to pay you I'll fire your sorry ass.
Do you want to eat? Fuck you, go get some food stamps paid for by taxes (The lucky bastards in middle management that managed to squeeze through my poverty gap.LOL, I'm workin on fuckin them next). I don't pay taxes because I spent enough money to support a small nation just to make sure I don't have to.
Uh Oh, you got sick. Fuck you I'm not paying for your goddamn health you worthless maggot, go rack up some medical bills so I can destroy your credit and keep your dumb ass in the shit where you belong. I wish you would just fucking die already so I can get some younger slaves in here - they're easier to control because they dont quite know how to think yet.
Great, I think I will just pay everybody in the company minimum wage from now on. I might even be able to get away with salaried employees. Then I could make em work 60 to 80 hours a week and get even with the little bastards. Hell, I might even be able to ruin the lives of a few of those middle class fucks that managed to skip the poverty gap.
You want a holiday? Fuck you dirtbag, I need another multi million dollar home, another million dollar car and at least a 600 million dollar yacht. You don't deserve one fucking day off. Thats why I don't pay you decent to begin with. I have to make sure you and every other poor mother fucker like you are so broke that you can't take a day off.
Look here you fucking dirt bags, your lucky I even decided to make a company at all to give your dumb ass something to do. I could just as easily not do a fucking thing for the rest of my life but where's the fun in not being able to control an entire nation ROFLMAO.
Enjoy your black friday - the top 1% expect thier coprotations to make 600 billion dollars in sales in one day.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Rants
ARG screw it. I'm just gonna rant and type until its all out.
I read this article found on http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558 the other day and wrote a quick response, but it just wasnt enough.
So today I am just going to go absolutely raving mad and get some stuff off my chest.
It's amazing some of the comments from the trolls, it's absolutely appauling to think that some people either just were'nt raised with empathy or dont have the gene for it - lack of empathy is a fucking disease. It's like a rotting plague eating away at the planet. (We have consented to the authority of sociopaths - http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-Someone-Is-a-Sociopath)
The first part of my adult life I was a carpenter; right out of high-school. I graduated early (thats the redneck way to say I quit). I built big custom homes on a golf course. I produced an awesome product and got paid for it once. The funny thing is, the product I made will stand for a hundred years or more. And I am sure the banks are still getting mortgage payments on a product I helped create.
Wow, when I stop and think about what I just said there it blows my mind. I built custom houses for rich people that are still making payments on something I built 20 years ago for $5/hr. I wish I could get a piece of that income - hell, I am partly responsible for a 30 year income for some fat banker. I have suffered the pain of back surgery for some fat fuck that probably cant pick up anything heavier than a fucking pencil.
Poverty will beat your ass. Poverty will beat your ass and then beat your ass some more, and then when you get to the point where you can pick your head up and look someone in the eye it only takes the smallest problem for poverty to come back and kick your ass some more.
Actually its more of a disaster, poor people don't ever really have problems - we have disasters. A broken appliance can be a disaster. Car problems and driver license problems and fucking mandatory insurance (poor tax) are an even worse disaster.
I spent the majority of my adult life and income just trying to be able to drive to build the fucking rich mans house. I had to 'pay' to work - what the fuck is that shit any way. Everybody stop and think about that one for a minute. You have to 'pay' to go to work. Not just poor people but rich people too. The only difference is the rich people don't even think about everything on auto-pay. But when your trying to raise a family on $10/hr you have to make sacrifices.
I love it when some ass hat says - 'just pick yourself by your bootstraps and do better' - fuck that shit. Do better - better than what? Building houses is a good decent job, at least thats what I used to think - turns out the world needs a million corrupt lawyers and bankers more than it needs fucking houses. Id like to see some fuckin prissy lawyer with a smashed fucking finger when he hits it with a hammer.
You know , if it wasnt for all us dirty carpenters and plumbers and electricians all you motherfuckers would still be living in fucking tents and tee-pees.
The thing that pisses me off the most is being thought of as lazy - followed closely by being thought of as uneducated. Lazy? Are you fucking kidding me? I was so fucking lazy I ended up having a back surgery you pompass rich fuck!!! And I didn't wind up having that happen from sittin on my fat ass. I probably moved more weight in lumber before most peoples breakfast than you'll ever move in your life.
And welfare, yeah that was my fucking lifes ambition. It's like a goddamn job keeping up with that mountain of paperwork - and the embarassment of taking all the bullshit paperwork to employers and landlords is not worth the trouble. If I wouldnt have had 4 kids to feed I just would have went without because of the bullshit.
The uneducated part burns my ass too. Look here you self-righteous judgemental SOBS, you were able to go to college (more than likely paid for by mommy and daddy). I went to community college while working and trying to raise a family on welfare. The best fucking thing I got out of that was - 'Hey great degree, you got any experience to go with that' - and then to find out $24k in debt leads to fucking $10/hr tech-support for idiots that are barely able to pick thier fucking noses.
Now I fall into that 'Over-40' and 'unemployed longer than 6 months trap. It's pretty much over from here. Am I lazy now ? You bet your sweet ass I am. I don't think flipping fucking burgers is going to lead me to that dream job I went to college for. I'm an adult god-dammit and I deserve an adults job. It's fucking hillarious when I see these companies I interview with hire some fucking 20-something that can barely formulate a fucking sentence and has no concept of how to talk to people.
I read this article found on http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558 the other day and wrote a quick response, but it just wasnt enough.
So today I am just going to go absolutely raving mad and get some stuff off my chest.
It's amazing some of the comments from the trolls, it's absolutely appauling to think that some people either just were'nt raised with empathy or dont have the gene for it - lack of empathy is a fucking disease. It's like a rotting plague eating away at the planet. (We have consented to the authority of sociopaths - http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-Someone-Is-a-Sociopath)
The first part of my adult life I was a carpenter; right out of high-school. I graduated early (thats the redneck way to say I quit). I built big custom homes on a golf course. I produced an awesome product and got paid for it once. The funny thing is, the product I made will stand for a hundred years or more. And I am sure the banks are still getting mortgage payments on a product I helped create.
Wow, when I stop and think about what I just said there it blows my mind. I built custom houses for rich people that are still making payments on something I built 20 years ago for $5/hr. I wish I could get a piece of that income - hell, I am partly responsible for a 30 year income for some fat banker. I have suffered the pain of back surgery for some fat fuck that probably cant pick up anything heavier than a fucking pencil.
Poverty will beat your ass. Poverty will beat your ass and then beat your ass some more, and then when you get to the point where you can pick your head up and look someone in the eye it only takes the smallest problem for poverty to come back and kick your ass some more.
Actually its more of a disaster, poor people don't ever really have problems - we have disasters. A broken appliance can be a disaster. Car problems and driver license problems and fucking mandatory insurance (poor tax) are an even worse disaster.
I spent the majority of my adult life and income just trying to be able to drive to build the fucking rich mans house. I had to 'pay' to work - what the fuck is that shit any way. Everybody stop and think about that one for a minute. You have to 'pay' to go to work. Not just poor people but rich people too. The only difference is the rich people don't even think about everything on auto-pay. But when your trying to raise a family on $10/hr you have to make sacrifices.
I love it when some ass hat says - 'just pick yourself by your bootstraps and do better' - fuck that shit. Do better - better than what? Building houses is a good decent job, at least thats what I used to think - turns out the world needs a million corrupt lawyers and bankers more than it needs fucking houses. Id like to see some fuckin prissy lawyer with a smashed fucking finger when he hits it with a hammer.
You know , if it wasnt for all us dirty carpenters and plumbers and electricians all you motherfuckers would still be living in fucking tents and tee-pees.
The thing that pisses me off the most is being thought of as lazy - followed closely by being thought of as uneducated. Lazy? Are you fucking kidding me? I was so fucking lazy I ended up having a back surgery you pompass rich fuck!!! And I didn't wind up having that happen from sittin on my fat ass. I probably moved more weight in lumber before most peoples breakfast than you'll ever move in your life.
And welfare, yeah that was my fucking lifes ambition. It's like a goddamn job keeping up with that mountain of paperwork - and the embarassment of taking all the bullshit paperwork to employers and landlords is not worth the trouble. If I wouldnt have had 4 kids to feed I just would have went without because of the bullshit.
The uneducated part burns my ass too. Look here you self-righteous judgemental SOBS, you were able to go to college (more than likely paid for by mommy and daddy). I went to community college while working and trying to raise a family on welfare. The best fucking thing I got out of that was - 'Hey great degree, you got any experience to go with that' - and then to find out $24k in debt leads to fucking $10/hr tech-support for idiots that are barely able to pick thier fucking noses.
Now I fall into that 'Over-40' and 'unemployed longer than 6 months trap. It's pretty much over from here. Am I lazy now ? You bet your sweet ass I am. I don't think flipping fucking burgers is going to lead me to that dream job I went to college for. I'm an adult god-dammit and I deserve an adults job. It's fucking hillarious when I see these companies I interview with hire some fucking 20-something that can barely formulate a fucking sentence and has no concept of how to talk to people.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thank you killermartinis
Thank you Linda (http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558)
Well OK here goes some more 'observations' about poverty and how it effects peoples lives - especially the lives of those living it.
So before we get started let me re-iterate some of Linda's points that are important.
1)I am only writing this from my point of view, I make no claims to be speaking for anyone but myself.
2)I don't feed trolls. If you leave a troll comment I will leave it for your posterity.
And now for some Plagiarism . You are absolutely right Linda about not being able to put everything (or anything for that matter) into a coherent structure. Especially when you try to dump your lifes story into a 1500 word essay.
I have a rough draft of most of my timeline started here - http://blogstew.blogspot.com/2013/11/living-in-poverty-american-slave.html and the best of my thoughts here http://williamhgross.blogspot.com/.
The sad fact of the matter is there is more money to be made by killing people than in keeping them alive - (Just look at the US Military budget for the last 30 years). The conversation you have started is amazing and I am awesomely excited by the response you are getting. Unfortunately once the holidays are gone and we hit Jan 2nd it will be back to business as usual.
The tons of stories I see rolling through the page are amazing - it's like rolling through memory lane. Even though I do not speak for anyone but myself, I can definitely relate to all the horror on the page.
I watched the live piece on http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/why-poor-peoples-decisions-make-sense/529379d802a7600de5000276 and thought it was awesome.
To all the 'morons' that wouldn't give this woman a job because of her appearance - F*** you - your idiots. But I digress, what the hell do I know. I'm just some dirty carpenter that probably built your house.
I made a simiar attemp several years ago to write about my life's misadventures but alas - eviction and homelesness put an end to that - maybe I will try to do it again (once more with feeling)
Thank you Linda (http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558)
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Well OK here goes some more 'observations' about poverty and how it effects peoples lives - especially the lives of those living it.
So before we get started let me re-iterate some of Linda's points that are important.
1)I am only writing this from my point of view, I make no claims to be speaking for anyone but myself.
2)I don't feed trolls. If you leave a troll comment I will leave it for your posterity.
And now for some Plagiarism . You are absolutely right Linda about not being able to put everything (or anything for that matter) into a coherent structure. Especially when you try to dump your lifes story into a 1500 word essay.
I have a rough draft of most of my timeline started here - http://blogstew.blogspot.com/2013/11/living-in-poverty-american-slave.html and the best of my thoughts here http://williamhgross.blogspot.com/.
The sad fact of the matter is there is more money to be made by killing people than in keeping them alive - (Just look at the US Military budget for the last 30 years). The conversation you have started is amazing and I am awesomely excited by the response you are getting. Unfortunately once the holidays are gone and we hit Jan 2nd it will be back to business as usual.
The tons of stories I see rolling through the page are amazing - it's like rolling through memory lane. Even though I do not speak for anyone but myself, I can definitely relate to all the horror on the page.
I watched the live piece on http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/why-poor-peoples-decisions-make-sense/529379d802a7600de5000276 and thought it was awesome.
To all the 'morons' that wouldn't give this woman a job because of her appearance - F*** you - your idiots. But I digress, what the hell do I know. I'm just some dirty carpenter that probably built your house.
I made a simiar attemp several years ago to write about my life's misadventures but alas - eviction and homelesness put an end to that - maybe I will try to do it again (once more with feeling)
Thank you Linda (http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558)
btc: 1M1NYFPUjJbBLqvrbHSTsDWeEL5GRfFwSD
Join the bitcoin revolution - http://www.bitbillions.com/?refid=1PaCWzbDeHkfd1deXLKFEDgBjVmWwprxWK
Living in Poverty - An American Slave - Memoirs of a Carpenter (rough draft)
Living in Poverty - An American Slave - Memoirs of a Carpenter
I found a really cool post with a great story (http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558) Thank you for writing and puiblishing that, and thank you to everyone who reads it and shows any sign of 'empathy'
I have found several other stories on the web lately as well and thought I would throw mine out with the rest of them.
So this is a roough draft of my life so far - Belive me, there is tons more but I had to start somewhere.
The Florida Years 74 - 94
Occupation - carpenter/pipefitter - wages $5/hr - $10/hr
First ticket - driving without 'license' - 17 years old (1986)
driving the motorcycle that I worked for and paid for (i.e earned it)
first license - $260 after fines/fees
ticket - driving with no headlights(atlantic blvd, jax bch FL - 4 lane bouelvard lit up like it was daytime) - no insurance = $250/$500
First lost(stolen) vehicle - dec24th (raining) - car broke down(station wagon), wife called for help - car 'towed'
Laid off from pipefitting job - (Atlantic Marine - Mayport NAS - SRA - Uss Saratoga - Aircraft Carrier)
$400/mo winter electric bills leads to first eviction process
First born contracted RSV - almost died (medicaid in the south , county hospital turned us away twice - the third time they finally admitted us and little Jake quit breathing in my arms)
Court house issues a stay of eviction (10 extra days due to hospitalized child)- secretary doesnt make phone call to sheriff
Found most possesions in the street (Landlord kept all the childrens x-mas presents to give to her grandson)- Police told us they would arrest us for trespass/disturbing the peace if I tried to salvage what was left of our possesions sitting on the side of the street.
Quick Omaha stay
Left for Omaha Ne -by train - Feb 11th
Arrived Omaha Ne Feb 14th 1am (got 18inches of snow that night)
Built several houses - best one - 14,000 sq ft (roughly 1 acre floor space)
Achieved my GED
Bought red conversion van - $650-$750
Left for seattle wa - july
Seattle Years 94 - 2000
Apartment (quad-plex)
Carpenter - piece work - monthly pay
Employer goes bankrupt - doesnt tell anyone till payday - lost a months wages $2000-$2400
Borrowed money from family to move
Mobile Home/Trailer Park
First episode of 'reactionary migraine' while wife is 6 moths pregnant with 2nd child
Life-Flighted to Harbor View Medical - seattle wa
Ticket - 45mph in 40mph - pay for rent/food/necessities or ticket ? - license suspended
Red van dies - unable to repair
Took the bus to work
Second lost(stolen) vehicle - green car($500 - wouldnt pass emissions test) - invalid temporary tags/no insurance - towed
Got lucky and found a cheap station wagon for $500
Mobile Home Park gets new owners - refusal to accept late payments leads to 65 family evictions
my first true homeless experience
Wife finds seattle shelter on my birthday (6/25) - great present ;)
First temporary shelter in house (30 days)
Followed by downtown shelter
wife took community college classes - medical reception
I took a bus to first computer classes - A+certification
Followed by subsidized housing
computer repair (actually printer repair) - min wage
fired for missing two days to care for a sick child
License reinstated - $1000+ - seattle
Left seattle june 27th 2000
Omaha Years 2000-2004
Arrive July 4th
Worked as temp for HP/Compaq ($10/hr) during HP takeover (hiring freeze).
Constantly changing schedule - erratic hours - going to comunity college
back surgery - disc ectomy L4-L5
re-educated - achieved associates degree
Ne - white aerostar - just cashed tax refund, had 2k cash in my pocket to get insurace - cop was an asshole and still gave no insurance ticket - leads to suspended license
Third lost(stolen) vehicle - red conversion van($1200) - invalid tags - towed
Also got assaulted and arrested and jailed on this one too. I would have done better with a public defender, my shitty $500 lawyer only got 1 charge dropped.
License reinstated - $1000+ fees/fines omaha ne
Oregon Years 2004-2008
Pulled over for bad running light - no insurance ticket - leads to suspended license
No computer work leads to carpentry work again - worked for ~6 months till my back went out again
(This is where the fight for disability begins)
Pulled over in front of my house - driving w/suspended license - expired tags
Fourth lost(stolen) vehicle - red conversion van($2000) - oregon
No vehicle and no income leads to eviction
lived in a hotel for 2 weeks
wife found a subsidized apt at the last second - kept us from being %100 homeless
License reinstated - Nov 2008 - $1200 - oregon
Seattle Years 2008 - 2010
The one true regret I have in life.
I will write about this brief period of my life later.
Omaha Years Aug 2010 - 2013
Temp job manufacturing / installing vinyl windows ~3 months
I can't believe I lasted that long doing contruction again. It felt good to use my talents but damn it was painful.
Door to door sales - pulled over by over-zealous police with a miltary attidue at least once a week. There were a few days that we wre pulled over several times.
police followed me for hours until pulling me over for 'failure to complete stop at stop sign' - it was late (after 10pm) and no other traffic for miles.
license suspended - ticket ($135)
Iowa stop - speeding / driving w/suspend license - unable to get to court - $500
Now
Having back problems/pain/depression.
Living in my Aunts basement - with not a damn thing to show for my life.
I found a really cool post with a great story (http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558) Thank you for writing and puiblishing that, and thank you to everyone who reads it and shows any sign of 'empathy'
I have found several other stories on the web lately as well and thought I would throw mine out with the rest of them.
So this is a roough draft of my life so far - Belive me, there is tons more but I had to start somewhere.
The Florida Years 74 - 94
Occupation - carpenter/pipefitter - wages $5/hr - $10/hr
First ticket - driving without 'license' - 17 years old (1986)
driving the motorcycle that I worked for and paid for (i.e earned it)
first license - $260 after fines/fees
ticket - driving with no headlights(atlantic blvd, jax bch FL - 4 lane bouelvard lit up like it was daytime) - no insurance = $250/$500
First lost(stolen) vehicle - dec24th (raining) - car broke down(station wagon), wife called for help - car 'towed'
Laid off from pipefitting job - (Atlantic Marine - Mayport NAS - SRA - Uss Saratoga - Aircraft Carrier)
$400/mo winter electric bills leads to first eviction process
First born contracted RSV - almost died (medicaid in the south , county hospital turned us away twice - the third time they finally admitted us and little Jake quit breathing in my arms)
Court house issues a stay of eviction (10 extra days due to hospitalized child)- secretary doesnt make phone call to sheriff
Found most possesions in the street (Landlord kept all the childrens x-mas presents to give to her grandson)- Police told us they would arrest us for trespass/disturbing the peace if I tried to salvage what was left of our possesions sitting on the side of the street.
Quick Omaha stay
Left for Omaha Ne -by train - Feb 11th
Arrived Omaha Ne Feb 14th 1am (got 18inches of snow that night)
Built several houses - best one - 14,000 sq ft (roughly 1 acre floor space)
Achieved my GED
Bought red conversion van - $650-$750
Left for seattle wa - july
Seattle Years 94 - 2000
Apartment (quad-plex)
Carpenter - piece work - monthly pay
Employer goes bankrupt - doesnt tell anyone till payday - lost a months wages $2000-$2400
Borrowed money from family to move
Mobile Home/Trailer Park
First episode of 'reactionary migraine' while wife is 6 moths pregnant with 2nd child
Life-Flighted to Harbor View Medical - seattle wa
Ticket - 45mph in 40mph - pay for rent/food/necessities or ticket ? - license suspended
Red van dies - unable to repair
Took the bus to work
Second lost(stolen) vehicle - green car($500 - wouldnt pass emissions test) - invalid temporary tags/no insurance - towed
Got lucky and found a cheap station wagon for $500
Mobile Home Park gets new owners - refusal to accept late payments leads to 65 family evictions
my first true homeless experience
Wife finds seattle shelter on my birthday (6/25) - great present ;)
First temporary shelter in house (30 days)
Followed by downtown shelter
wife took community college classes - medical reception
I took a bus to first computer classes - A+certification
Followed by subsidized housing
computer repair (actually printer repair) - min wage
fired for missing two days to care for a sick child
License reinstated - $1000+ - seattle
Left seattle june 27th 2000
Omaha Years 2000-2004
Arrive July 4th
Worked as temp for HP/Compaq ($10/hr) during HP takeover (hiring freeze).
Constantly changing schedule - erratic hours - going to comunity college
back surgery - disc ectomy L4-L5
re-educated - achieved associates degree
Ne - white aerostar - just cashed tax refund, had 2k cash in my pocket to get insurace - cop was an asshole and still gave no insurance ticket - leads to suspended license
Third lost(stolen) vehicle - red conversion van($1200) - invalid tags - towed
Also got assaulted and arrested and jailed on this one too. I would have done better with a public defender, my shitty $500 lawyer only got 1 charge dropped.
License reinstated - $1000+ fees/fines omaha ne
Oregon Years 2004-2008
Pulled over for bad running light - no insurance ticket - leads to suspended license
No computer work leads to carpentry work again - worked for ~6 months till my back went out again
(This is where the fight for disability begins)
Pulled over in front of my house - driving w/suspended license - expired tags
Fourth lost(stolen) vehicle - red conversion van($2000) - oregon
No vehicle and no income leads to eviction
lived in a hotel for 2 weeks
wife found a subsidized apt at the last second - kept us from being %100 homeless
License reinstated - Nov 2008 - $1200 - oregon
Seattle Years 2008 - 2010
The one true regret I have in life.
I will write about this brief period of my life later.
Omaha Years Aug 2010 - 2013
Temp job manufacturing / installing vinyl windows ~3 months
I can't believe I lasted that long doing contruction again. It felt good to use my talents but damn it was painful.
Door to door sales - pulled over by over-zealous police with a miltary attidue at least once a week. There were a few days that we wre pulled over several times.
police followed me for hours until pulling me over for 'failure to complete stop at stop sign' - it was late (after 10pm) and no other traffic for miles.
license suspended - ticket ($135)
Iowa stop - speeding / driving w/suspend license - unable to get to court - $500
Now
Having back problems/pain/depression.
Living in my Aunts basement - with not a damn thing to show for my life.
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