I learned a very hard lesson at 19. I was in the Air Force and I lived outside of my means. I ended up having to sell my car, my stereo, albums and tools to get out of trouble. I did not have a safety net to help me, mostly because I was too ashamed to ask, but because it just wasn’t an option. At 18 you are a man, you are on your own. I never allowed myself to get in that position again. When I got married, we budgeted on one paycheck. We didn’t have new cars, but they ran. We lived in a mobile home that we bought. I couldn’t afford to get into guns and so many other things. We did without. We prioritized “wants” vs. “needs”. We didn’t suffer. We also started building our safety net.
This “bailout” shit lets too many off the hook. No lessons will be learned because it will be expected that the Government will bail them out the next time. Hard lessons teach us. There will be some “yeah but …” cases but as harsh as this sounds, most people were irresponsible, and they should be forced to learn the hard lesson. Of course, I haven’t heard of any celebs or politicians that want to give everything away to illegals step up and offer to give their fortunes over to help others.
