Mother in law wisdom

Posted on | March 9, 2007 | 5 Comments

My MiL made an interesting observation actually, not about cfs/me etc but about the mindset of people these days.

Life is basically a struggle, you do the best you can with what you have – that’s the way its always been, at least until the last generation.

People these days just want everything handed to them, they don’t want to work for what they get – and it’s all about possessions, instead of giving up the dvd players and the home cinema systems/ designer clothes and shoes, ultra funky mobile phones and takeaway dinners, there are people who will stay on benefits as long as possible because it’s more money than actually working for a living and that means they can buy all these things – self respect is no longer about providing for yourself, it’s about owning the most stuff.

I don’t have that mentality, i’m not arsed about my possessions, I just want to know I can pay my own way as far as the household bills go, if we have kids then sure i’ll be a kept woman, i’m happy to be a stay at home mum, but until that point – I need to assuage my pride and get fit enough to contribute fully to our lives together.

If I thought there was any way I could hold down a job I would – as would all of you who are in my position, yet there are people out there with no health problems at all who insist that a cleaning job is beneath them.
My grandad is 2 years off retirement, he was made redundant last year from the place he worked the last 20 years of his life as the company went bust, he’s since had 4 different jobs and has settled in as a gopher for an accountancy firm. It’ll kill him when he’s forced to leave because of age.

What’s happened to this country? I blame the government.

No really, it’s their fault that people have turned into money grubbing scum who don’t care to work for a living.

Everyone seems to think they’re ‘entitled’ that because they exist they can have a house and money for food and bills for free – that quality of life is all about having the most dvds, the latest games console and games, the right haircut, getting your nails done.. It’s not.

Quality of life is about having a little time for yourself outside work, people around you who stimulate your mind and maybe a hobby or pastime that fills your life with pleasure.

Basic human rights are a roof over your head and food in your belly without fear of hurt or harm from others.

Sadly, this government have turned the people against them so far that the usual cry is ‘screw them for what you can – you deserve it’ the only problem with that is the people are not harming the government, they are harming themselves.

If everyone who was physically and metally fit for work took on any job then it would free up billions of pounds for the government to use on the things we deem important, the only problem is nobody trusts them to do so and since you can get more money on benefits than you can by working – why spend your time working if you can use it to drink, play video games and watch dvds? Especially if it means the government are paying for it.

Lets face it, if you work they take all the things you work for away in taxes.
Your wage is taxed, your savings are taxed (which basically means your wage is being taxed twice) everything you buy has tax on it – so again, your wages are being taxed, you have a car whoops.. Road tax, you live somewhere.. Whoops.. Council tax.

So if you live on unemployment benefit you don’t have to pay rent or council tax, you may not have to pay for prescriptions. You’re not wasting your money on taxes the government fritter away on overseas aid, a ‘war on terror’ and turning our country into something unrecognisable as such. All it means is the food you buy, the road tax you pay, the petrol you use, the drink you consume.. It’s all paying for your benefits so in effect you’re just paying for yourself by claiming.

Is it any wonder people don’t care to work if they don’t have to.

*sigh* So why am I so desperate to get back into the trap of the tax payer? I think it’s because I’m not of the ‘screw them for everything you can’ mentality, i’m a throwback to the ‘pride before possessions’ mentality that my granddad typifies – and to be honest, I’m happier to be so.

If you can’t have pride in providing for yourself and your family, how can you have pride in anything else? This is why I blame the government for the state of affairs in this country, they’ve mismanaged things so badly that on the whole, nobody understands what you should actually take pride in any more – it’s not about fancy cars, the best brand name trainers or the coolest mobile phone – it’s in taking responsibility for yourself and working the shitty job so you can put food on YOUR table.

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