But if we could afford the Prozac, it wouldn't be a low-paying job...

[likethebeer]

This reminds me of (extremely well off) Kevin, who literally didn't understand, no matter how much we told him, that a lot of people couldn't afford $500/month for insurance.

(in a heavy Boston accent) "Whaddya mean?"
"$500 a month is too much for a lot of people."
"No it's not."
"Yeah. It is."
"No it's not."
"Kevin, we're talking about people making like $10/hour, and just the rent is $400 a month, if they're lucky."
"Ya scaarin' me." (that as close to the accent as I can get)

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"Ya scaarin' me."

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

when they really get bad, is when that high end lifestyle leaves them in the form of corparate flush , i've know far too many up and comings, that lost it all in the dot com fiascio,.. and hell is only starting to get slippery,..o.o

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that would ever be his problem. He's a card carrying Republican who I think had ties to the mob. Lot of money in the family. But if he went broke, he would be completely clueless.

[em-porium.livejournal.com]

Very good Boston accent! ;-)

Some people are so out of the loop with the problems of the poor. I read about the problems with poverty at work every day, and I can't imagine why this isn't on the agenda of every politician in the country.

When I was a full-time grad student, I didn't really have insurance in year 2 because I was too old to be on my parents' insurance. Yeah...that definitely wasn't a good deal. And there's no way even now that I could afford $500 a month for insurance! I have to have a full-time job just to keep the health benefits coming in. The alternative sucks, quite frankly.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I did feel bad for this woman b/c this was totally off the record. I do admit that if a reporter got a hold of some of the things I said as a joke, I'd look like a complete a-hole. And probably and idiot, too. But just the line itself is pretty amazing.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Have them no wine? Let them eat cake!

Or like in "Tale of Two Cities", where they force-feed grass to an aristocrat saying the poor should eat grass if they are so hungry.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

They don't read this in North Korea, I'm gathering. Life would be a lot easier if we could just eat grass. I wouldn't be trying to figure out how I'm going to get lunch together. Of course, then we'd be herbivores, and the dinner of something bigger, b/c we'd probably be about 3 feet tall.