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Re: Lucky Americans
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:02:17 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@^NoSpam^superonline.com>
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:3870F1E0.8D1B0D92@voyager.net...
> First, no offense was intended in my original statement and none was
> taken by me with regard to Pat's response. Nor should any be taken by
> the below.
>
> One point I forgot to make though.
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> Pat wrote:
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> > Anyone making $60 an hour is indeed a lucky person.
>
> I'm not sure (and this IS .debate, after all) that luck has much to do
> with it, once you factor out genetics. I'm smarter (and handsomer) than
> the average guy, yes, but that's it for luck.
>
> The rest comes down to choices made. My parents chose to ensure that I
> found reading to be fun, they chose to buy toys (such as LEGO, let us
> not forget) that stimulated my mind, they chose to emphasise schoolwork
> and study as more important than feelgood socialization and playing with
> the neighbor kids. They refused to give me an allowance, insisting that
> I earn my pocket money. They made me fix stuff that I had broken. When I
> approached College age, they again bore down on me to study hard, work
> hard, etc.
>
> My father, (an immigrant who got here with less than nothing) who was at
> the time supporting a wife who had just had a incapacitating stroke,
> sacrificed a great deal to see to it that I got a good college
> education.
>
> That got me my start. I'd chalk the rest of the path up to choices that
> *I* made, sacrifices that I made, decisions about where to focus my
> career, choices my family made, etc.
>
> When we say we need to bear the consequences of our actions, we usually
> mean that in a bad way. But the other side of the coin is true as well.
> My actions got me my rate, no one handed that wage to me on a silver
> platter. I earned it!
>
> Now, to flippantly say "you blue collar guys deserve your low pay" is
> rather callous and if one thinks I'm saying that, one would be
> incorrect. But you need to ensure that if you can't better your own lot,
> you at least are setting your kids up to better theirs.
>
> --
Peh..:-) Slightly less then 1000$ (after tax) per month is just my income,
and yes I'm not a blue collar, actually a relatively well earning white..:-)
Considering I'm buying my Lego with prices at least 20% more than yours,
yeah, you Americans are pretty lucky..:-)
Selçuk
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