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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas

Or you might want to try reading getrichslowly.org, that site has a lot of helpful tips for getting out of debt.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by fountainAtlas

By reading the above I got the impression that you may have an issue with success.

Quite possible.

For you feel guilty for everything you have.

Well, to an extent, but the guilt isn't paralyzing. I try to do my best, that's all anyone can do.

I suspect if you earn your money, that guilt would diminish. But without removing some of that guilt it will be hard for you to proceed with confidence, which seems to be a very important element in achieving success.

Well, I guess I'll just see what happens...

Many artist derived their insperation from their misery, would you want to deprive society of Picasso's famous Blue period?

I'd rather let Picasso decide that.

We, as the common people, have far more freedom now then we ever did.

Yes.

We have few people to blame for when we choose to enter into bondage.

Fewer, yes.

But it is a bit naive to think that we live a free society. As long as there is scarcity, we will not be Free.

True.

Why give up so easily?

Debt got me into this mess, so I figure more debt probably won't get me out.

This is a whole other topic. But you only pay taxes when you make money.

Yes, true. The only trouble I got into was when I was charged a $25 fee in the year I didn't file an income tax form with my town because I thought it was probably unnecessary unless you actually _had_ an income. But no, they made up some dumb rule where every adult, regardless of how much income they have, has to file a tax return or pay a $25 fine (or $50 on subsequent late returns). Those fiends...

Keep in mind that taxes paid for the road that you use to get to work, among other things. The internet came out from public universities trying to communicate better with one another; those universities were in part funded by public funds and thus taxes. The government is not all bad.

Definitely, it's better than no government.

Many of them will lose what they inherited. Now that is justice

I disagree - justice (at least the nasty eye-for-an-eye kind) would be if they put someone else into poverty and then ended up in poverty themselves. But if they were simply born rich, that's not a crime.

"I wish everyone had a huge inheritance. " Becareful what you wish for.

Yes, it was a sort of thoughtless wish. I can think of some ways it could maybe turn out to be bad...

Not sure how that article relates to the discussion,

Well, I mentioned it since you seemed averse to people not working, and that's what the 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job article shockingly advocates, sort of. Except, that article doesn't recommend being completely unproductive - so maybe it wouldn't shock you that much after all.

but then again I do not think I have ever written as much as I have right now. I am exhausted.

-FountainAtlas

Oops, sorry about that. I've had a lot of practice discussing things at ridiculous length on the internet. No problem if you don't want to keep going, I wouldn't mind stopping either, forums (and the internet in general) are highly distracting for me, and I really can't say I have nothing better to do.