Re: Biggest salary cut you've taken?

Subject: Re: Biggest salary cut you've taken?
From: Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:04:36 -0400

Glenn Maxey wrote:
> <rant>
> This doesn't bode well as a reflection on the society and culture, or
> the "American Way of Life". You [as in America] got taken advantage of
> well before your pay cut that you would be suckered by the media into
> believing you "gotta have it now" before you could really afford it.
>
> I mean, _two_ car payments! This implies two new cars. I'd bet that one
> of them is an overly expensive and overly fuel inefficient SUV or
> pick-up, too. Whatever happened to used cars? Whatever happened to car
> pooling, taking the bus, and better family scheduling so that one
> vehicle would suffice? What about car sharing?
>
> And the _multiple_ credit card accounts and _other_ debts! What do you
> have to show for it? A handful of CDs, a few inches around your midriff
> from fine foods eating out, an entertainment center that numbs your mind
> each evening and prevents the midriff from getting smaller...
> </rant>
>
> I don't mean to be ragging on you, Robert, because you are [were] not
> alone in that type of a leaky financial boat.
>
> I'm just shocked that so many "educated" people could overextend
> themselves into such panic situations.

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