Col

If there is so much that is 'right' (in all senses of the word) in the Capitalist Bastion of the world, and so much that is wrong here in Australia, I politely suggest that you exercise your free will and move to the US.

Please. I won't take it personally if you leave our shores.

Fractelle “If there is so much that is 'right' (in all senses of the word) in the Capitalist Bastion of the world, and so much that is wrong here in Australia, I politely suggest that you exercise your free will and move to the US.”

Please. I won't take it personally if you leave our shores.”

Oh I do exercise my “freewill” and choose to remain among the country who accepted me as an immigrant.


That said, I feel it a moral duty and act of gratitude to remain here, so i can lead by example, mission to the native (so to speak) and educate them out of ignorance,

Than to couch myself among the comforts of the already converted.

And posts such as yours clearly demonstrate how desperately I am needed here.


Of course, I also have family investment here, which it would sadden greatly me to separate from, compared to mere “friendships” in US.

Col Rouge

“We all make choices to how we manage our personal budgets and resources…Some of us think of our future and others think only of their immediate, then whine when it arrives and they are unprepared.”

Yes, Col, it’s a pity those poor Americans can’t show the same foresight and skill you have in managing budgets and planning for the future.

Unfortunately though, for the vast majority it wouldn’t make a scrap of difference. In fact, you would receive a real lesson in budgeting if you saw how some of these people manage to survive on as little as they do.

Over 35 million Americans live in poverty and a large slice of these are people with jobs. 25 % of all jobs pay less than a poverty-level income and people are forced to work two and three jobs just to survive. Even those with jobs are having to line up for food parcels to feed their families. The top 20 % of earners take over half the national income while the bottom 20 % take home around 3 %.

This is the reason that so many Americans have no health insurance. They can’t afford it pure and simple and all the planning and budgeting advice in the world won’t change that fact.

Bronwyn “Yes, Col, it’s a pity those poor Americans can’t show the same foresight and skill you have in managing budgets and planning for the future.”

Actually, I earn a good part of my income from companies and corporations (in the past, in USA too) who contract for me to show them how it is done -

Budgeting and particularly planning, that is. Including how they can implement processes to turn their businesses style from “reactive” into “proactive” interpreters of their business data…

“In fact, you would receive a real lesson in budgeting if you saw how some of these people manage to survive on as little as they do. “

The point is, because I always do and always have planned, I actually “budget” in the way those folk you talk of need to.

So you are really preaching, not just to the converted but to the preacher.

“This is the reason that so many Americans have no health insurance. They can’t afford it pure and simple and all the planning and budgeting advice in the world won’t change that fact.”

They are the product of their own lethargy and missed opportunity.

the old adage “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” comes to mind

So I will call you when I need your input.

Oh, I have, also, just signed up to supply mentoring skills, it pays $400 per hour and represents a nice little side-line. You could always signup for a few sessions.

Col you take the cake for the purest form of arrogance Ive yet read on these threads!
I would suggest you take up on the idea of living in usa, it is more the style there.
fluff4

Fractelle, fluff4,

We never say any migrant for any reason "get out from our country", or "go back to your country" or " go to any other country because the migrant likes an other country.
It is Col Rouge's right to believe for USA what he believes and it is our right to believe what we believe about him but we NEVER SAY HIM "IF YOU DO NOT LIKE AUSTRALIA GET OUT FROM HERE" OR "IF YOU LIKE USA GO THERE"
As migrant I feel very bad
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PRESS Col Rouge WITH THIS WAY. YOU ARE NOT MIGRANT AND YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL THIS IS.
Col Rouge go to
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=7925&page=0#123894
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