Life is Best for those who want to Live it...

Life is Best for those who want to Live it,
Life is Difficult for those who want to Analyze it,
Life is Worst for those who want to Criticize it

-- Anonymous

Conservatives and Liberals Fear the Same Fate for the Middle Class

Where the conservatives fear that money will be taken from the hard working middle class and given to the poor through taxes, the liberals fear the money will be taken from the hard working middle class and given to the rich through worker exploitation.

 

Which side is right?  I fear they both are.

Are we expecting too much from the poor and the rich?

It occurs to me that dogs and cats make a good choice when they hitched their future success to humans.  Dogs and cats now, on average, live longer, healthier, and more luxurious lives than any of their ancestors did.  Perhaps the same can be said for many humans.  Lots of people have good lives simply because they are associated with a person that has improved their lives for them.  We don't expect dogs and cats to begin contributing more to society, so perhaps it is time we stopped expecting the poor or the eccentric to contribute more as well.  If a person desires to live on the outskirts of town, dance and sing to make a paltry living from spectators, and not get a 40-hour a week job in "society", shouldn't we just accept that?  If a billionaire chooses to buy a private island, exclude themselves from the troubles of the rest of the world, neither helping nor harming, shouldn't we just forget about them and let them be?

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Don't forget to check your credit report each year, completely for free!

I hope you are aware that the three major credit agencies are required to provide you one free credit report each year, and I hope you take advantage of it.  The correct web site to go to for your free credit report is https://www.annualcreditreport.com, so ignore all the others.  Even on this site you need to be careful when ordering your free credit report so that you do not sign up for the additional services that TransUnion, EquiFax, and Experian attempt to sell to you.

The report will not give you a credit score, but you don't need a credit score.  The more valuable information is the list of credit cards, home loans, and other lines of credits that have been opened and closed in your name.