President Obama

[Howie Feltersnatch]

So you think that by giving the people in the lesser advantaged neighborhoods a check for $500, that will be their golden ticket into the yacht club? Wouldn't these people rather have jobs? Or maybe that money could be spent on educating them on how they can get out of their situation?

By taxing the "wealthy" (which let's call them who they are - they're the business owners who offer jobs to the rest of us), that discourages them from growth. If I'm a business owner (as I'd like to be one day), and I'm hovering on that $240,000 mark, why would I put in those extra hours to boost my revenue and subsequently need to hire more staff, if I know I'm just going to have more money taken away from me?

I think people should donate as much as they want to charities. Donate time, resources, money, whatever. I've done it - it feels great. But when government swoops in and just takes some of your money to give to a poor person, just because they're poor, that doesn't feel as good.

Second, we can't ALL be PhD's. We're not all going to be lawyers. It sounds mean, but it's reality. We'll always need people to carry the lower paying jobs. If someone doesn't have the motivation to write their own future, then that's where they'll forever dwell. That's the CHOICE they've made.

It's the same choice I've made. My wife and I make a combined income of around $60k a year. She's got an associate's degree, I've got 3 credits of college. We own our own house in a beautiful suburban subdivision, two SUVs, a boat, and I have a motorcycle. We've got 2 dogs and three cats, and a baby due in about 2 weeks. How did we do it? We lived within our means. That's the key to getting where you want to go.

Just live within your means. And if you want MORE, work MORE. It's not rocket science. Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can.

$500 isn't going to buy them a 4 year degree? It won't 'teach them to fish'? They'll only go out and buy dubs for there '86 CrownVic.

I really really want a new Tundra pickup, but I only make in the lower $30k and my wife is currently a stay at home mom for our baby girl and 6 yo son. We have a house 2 cars and 5 acres on a land contract. We're right at our means so thats where i lie with the new Tundra. Maybe when she goes back to work but most likely not. If I wanted, I could get the loan, buy a Tundra and new garage and hope for a buy out of sorts ???