Why should I support someone else?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-27-2006
Why should I support someone else?
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Sat, 12-30-2006 - 1:24pm

Let me start by saying that I"m new here so this may have already been discussed, but this has come up in my office several times and I wanted to get some other views of this.

I do payroll for a rather small company so I know most of the workers and their wives (most of the workers are men due to the nature of our business). There are two in particular who's wives SAH. These two are up to their eyeballs in debt. I have bill collectors constantly calling for them. That part is really their business, it is annoying but I enjoy being rude back to the bill collectors, lol.

The part that bothers me is that both wives have been in the office wanting copies of X amount of check stubs so that they can go and get public assistance (I know because they told me that is what it is for)! Why should my tax money go so that these women can SAH? I know that not all families that one parent stays at home are like this, but I know lots that are. Heck, growing up we were always broke because my mother refused to work, but we weren't on any public assistance.

So, why should I pay for a woman to SAH? Why can't she go and get a job to support her family just like anyone else?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2007
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:04am
Yes.
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2006
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:05am

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Given the context of the conversation in which Toyotas and Lexii were brought up, I have to assume Toyotas shrink in the wash.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2007
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:11am

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He is a very smart man. I try to do the same. I set my price in my mind, I know exactly what I want, and if I can't get it...I walk. Whether it's a pair of tennis shorts or a car, if I don't LOVE what I am buying, I don't buy it. That's my standard because I can't imagine being unhappy everyday with a new purchase. If I don't love something, I won't use it - and then it's no bargain at all. And I know I'm not the only one who doesn't use things they bought but did not like.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2006
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:12am
I can't even imagine what kind of crap car you're buying that won't run reliably longer than the loan. For that matter why would anyone with a lick of sense GET a car loan if it wasn't absolutely necessary? My current car was 2 years old when I bought it, is 10 years old now, and I've never had any major repairs on it yet, beyond typical maintenance. The most expensive year was the year the timing belt was changed and that year we spent just over $700 total in repairs for the year. That's certainly less than the annual costs of a car loan.
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2007
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:18am

Also....

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Not me. And I'll even say probably not anyone. I always donate a good car for someone else to drive. Do you think ANYONE with a car that is sell-able (sp?) and still very much in good working condition is going to drive it up to the local landfill? Of course not. They are either 1) going to sell it for profit or 2.) donate for someone else to use.

Nope, wrong about my car!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-28-2007
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:24am
Can you explain?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-12-2003
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:24am
Thanks.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:32am
No I mean enviromentally irresponsible. It takes alot of extra energy and resources to make a new car.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:33am
Have you seen car junk yards? There are plenty of cars that do not get passed along and end up in junk yards rotting away. That is waste.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 7:35am
The energy used to make the car is substantial. The energy used to make new car building plants for all the extra cars needed is substantial. It takes resources like steel, rubber, plastic, oil, gas, leather, glass.... to make cars. If you don't use as many cars in your lifetime, less resources are used and more are left for future generations.

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