Originally Posted by bryris

I'd hate to live as the EFFECT of everything around me like you do. Why not step up to the plate and be at cause over your life? Don't hate the players, hate the game. We are all born on the starting line. What you do with your life is up to you. The rich are that way because they played the game differently then the poor. There is no such thing as entitlement. Wealth doesn't just exist. It is created and earned. One of the side effects of the free market system is that the workers do not enjoy the fruits - the owners do. So go be an owner.

The reality, again, is that people look after #1 first. If you get poor in the process, so be it. If you choose to work for someone, you are handing your life over to them. You'll get screwed in the end more than likely. YOUR PURPOSE IS TO SUIT YOURSELF, AS WELL. If you ran a company, you'd pay the minimum you could pay to your employees and still get the job done at the end of the day.

That is part of the divide in this country. There are those who own and those who do not. Those who own (and do well at it) take home the pork. Those who merely work for those who own will never reap the true rewards of their work. Its reality.

Unless you are loaded and can start your own airline, you'd better not be a pro pilot b/c you'll be condemned to "employee status" for your whole career. With I.T. (isn't that what you do?) you can actually create a business if you want to. Run correctly, you could lap most airline pilot salaries quite easily.