On 2010-08-02, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Larry Jaques on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:08:03
-0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

That's much, much easier to say when you have 3, or even ten, times
the amount of money you need to survive on

What has "need" to do with it? I know, there is a minimum cash
flow below which things get more than a little strait. But a "living
wage" is still about 30% more than I'm making. Or about what the
Government is taking out in taxes, services and fees.

Why exactly are you making so little money?

i

. Ask the poor kid, living
in an apartment, who just inherited his parents' house (and half acre)
why he has to sell it to pay the estate taxes.

Socialism is a whole lot easier when you can afford it.

So is stupidity.

pyotr