were those comments directed at me?
If so...
Medical/dental insurance through one of my jobs at a fortune 500 insurance company
Tuition reimbursement program through the same company, which is a really nice perk but i still paid for the classes out of pocket so i had the money in the first place through working.
And whats this "i dont need it so nobody gets it crap" comment? If you are "advising" me to exercise caution and be happy that we have government programs that promote laziness so one day when i need them they'll be there? Is that what you're getting at?
Just FYI i work two jobs, one at the insurance company and also the flight line at an airport along with being a freelance local teaching pro.
The formula to be successful really isnt that complicated. Making good decisions and working hard really are big keys to living a good life. Not just hard physically either, putting everything youve got into what your doing really shows and you can spot easily someone who isnt giving 100% at what they are doing and they are generally unhappy with "the system". For some reason the system screwed them over and they think the world owes them something. I was blessed i feel at a young age with a good work ethic and a joy for the simpler things in life. I was taken back when i was sitting in the woods just a few weeks ago turkey hunting with the 13 year old kid from next door to my parents, who own roughly a $750,000 home, $500,000 condo at Snowshoe Mountain resort, as well as a $400,000+ pleasure yacht and of all the things this kid could say to me he said..."This is living" while he was leaning against the trunk of a tree in the dirt sitting out in the middle of the woods. Here's a kid who hasnt known any other life than a "good life" his father has worked hard for (strangely enough mine and his fathers worked their first jobs in the same place at Weirton Steel mill as welders) and now one is an Associate vice president of a major fortune 500 company and the neighbor owns his own construction business and lumber yards. But this kid who as i was saying has known nothing but a "good life" was sitting in the woods and with all these fancy expensive toys around him the one thing he likes the most is to sit in the woods in the dirt hunting.
If you asked me to describe myself i'd say i'm pretty average. 6'0 220 so average build. 2.5 gpa...nothing stellar but gets by. Golf professional, National ski patrol member, private pilot with a hopeful future in aviation all at 19 and i have been able to do all these things simply because i had a job, and kept busy trying to learn new things. In my eyes there is nothing more sad than to see someone able to work not doing because they'd rather sit back in their lazyboy and pout that the world owes them a living when they're collecting an unemployment check.
I have no problem with programs for those who NEED them, the folks that have been laid off and need time to transition and find a job. i have a problem with the folks who ABUSE the programs collecting unemployment and disability when they are perfectly able to get off their lazy bellybutton and get a job. Ive got no beef with someone who was injured on the job and wish i could make it better for them, but the guy or gal whos going to skim off programs for someone else's misfortune i have no respect for whatsoever.
-Edit for spelling...i spelled "no" wrong...ugh!
