tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post1864498718872570774..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Quick FixesJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-1247899975839836222009-07-28T18:09:03.267-10:002009-07-28T18:09:03.267-10:00Saving lives through your work and trying to live ...Saving lives through your work and trying to live simply aren't the issues. <br /><br />The fact that you seem to crow proudly about taking things for free in a welfare state that you apparently could have paid for is the issue.<br /><br />Joan C lives a simple life. She writes about it. I'd be shocked to learn that she is any form of a welfare recipient, trust fund baby or recipient of fat alimony checks.<br /><br />At any rate - and this is the crux of the matter - she doesn't crow about it. She doesn't intimate that she is better than anyone else for choosing a simple lifestyle. She supports herself with no handouts.<br /><br />You don't - and are proud of it. That is the crux of this whole exchange.<br /><br />We have friends who manipulated the system and are proud of it. He needed 2 knee replacements. They could have afforded to pay, but didn't want to...it would cut into their lifestyle, you know.<br /><br />So, they transferred their assets to trusted relatives to be retrieved later. Then proved they were destitute, thereby legally entitling them to free operations.<br /><br />All who know of this treat them as they should be treated....leaches who avoided their own responsibility that could have been met without bankrupting them.<br /><br />So, live simply or live high off the hog...but earn your own keep and pay your own way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-68867522830182919152009-07-28T11:40:27.616-10:002009-07-28T11:40:27.616-10:00"I think you could only live your parasitic l..."I think you could only live your parasitic lifestyle in capitalist countries"<br /><br />If you consider my trying to save lives through my speed reduction "work" as well as living simply so that others may simply live then you are more disturbed than I thought. Fortunately I have many native Hawaiian friends on Kauai who do not feel as you do and welcome me with aloha on my yearly visits. It almost midnight here so may I say Adjö´? - SassaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85133209456065802102009-07-28T08:15:55.859-10:002009-07-28T08:15:55.859-10:00If capitalism is taking more than you give, than y...If capitalism is taking more than you give, than you appear to be a supreme capitalist. <br /><br />You are taking a valuable education and giving no compensation to the university. You don't mention any full scholarship, which would have been earned by hard work. <br /><br />All your previous statements allude to your taking other valuable things of life and not giving just compensation.<br /><br />Just what are you giving in support of this alleged "good life" in Sweden, other than an "I'm a welfare recipient and you're not" attitude?<br /><br />Pitiful.<br /><br />In any case, most other Swedes must also earn your disdain since they do all those things you despise just to provide you benefits. <br /><br />I think you could only live your parasitic lifestyle in capitalist countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55473849741708026692009-07-28T07:44:59.007-10:002009-07-28T07:44:59.007-10:00What if one does what one loves and happens to mak...What if one does what one loves and happens to make lots of money by doing it? That's the best kind of work. Sadly, many don't get to this level of personal fulfillment, but some do.<br /><br />What if the application of such paid services increases the ability of client companies to better serve their consumers and employees via better products at lower costs?<br /><br />That was my happy career as a management consultant. Clients paid me thousands...I saved them millions...countless consumers benefited by better/faster/cheaper products...countless employees benefited by anything between keeping their jobs to increased wages/profit sharing.<br /><br />I'm glad you have achieved your version of personal fulfillment (on the backs of others, unfortunately) and I'm more glad that I've achieved mine.<br /><br />As Zig Zigler once said, the best way to get what you want is to figure out how to give others what they want.<br /><br />That suicide rate over there, though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-91656755586849670952009-07-28T05:40:02.149-10:002009-07-28T05:40:02.149-10:00"More things are privileges than rights in th..."More things are privileges than rights in the world..wherever you are."<br /><br /> I agree it is a privilege to live a simple life, get an education, and not destroy the planet through greed. Capitalism is taking more than you give and work is doing what you don't want to do for money. This helps the capitalist roaders destroy the planet by creating and then claiming to fill wants. It is a privilege that I am not forced to do this. - Adjö´! SassaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-41111723045473403522009-07-27T20:21:28.581-10:002009-07-27T20:21:28.581-10:00Fascinating to see the back-and-forth between the ...Fascinating to see the back-and-forth between the rich capitalist retiree and the sucking-from-the-welfare-teat-yet-proud person in Sweden.<br /><br />Well, if suicide rate is any indicator, the happy-go-lucky Swedes have more problems. Suicide rate per 100K people is 26.6 for Sweden and 22.2 for USA. That's almost 20% higher. Maybe it's the long winter nights. <br /><br />Even the UK comes in lower with 13.6, and they have vastly higher taxes to support their version of socialized health care.<br /><br />Source:<br />http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/<br /><br />Overall, there are points to be made on each side, each of us carving out a niche and lifestyle in the world. But, my sentiment leans towards the one grows wealth through ingenuity and hard work rather than the one who survives off the wealth of others. This would include trust fund babys as well who do not grow the family wealth but squander it.<br /><br />Wealth isn't everything, but living some lifestyle, even a "Hawaii Beach Boy", wherein one works for what he has and pays his own bills or goes without is better than one who feels society owns him a living.<br /><br />More things are privileges than rights in the world..wherever you are.<br /><br />And that is how it should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-17634645486354740152009-07-27T19:51:09.086-10:002009-07-27T19:51:09.086-10:00Capitalism doesn't mean paying no taxes. It d...Capitalism doesn't mean paying no taxes. It does mean leveraging resources to improve after-tax profit.<br /><br />The customer gets what he wants at a competitive price guaranteed to provide a margin to cover all direct and indirect expenses - including taxes - and leave a healthy (or obscenely high, in my case) after-tax profit.<br /><br />I was always happy to pay all the tax owed...supports the military, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-72583482388108286522009-07-27T18:32:20.023-10:002009-07-27T18:32:20.023-10:00"We tax-paying capitalists "give" w..."We tax-paying capitalists "give" while you shamelessly "take" without providing any value back."<br /><br />Hmmmm.... I thought the definition of capitalism was giving more than taking. If you are paying taxes your must be a very unsuccessful capitalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-876266517409455232009-07-27T14:42:46.697-10:002009-07-27T14:42:46.697-10:00LeechLeechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57433556285559408592009-07-27T12:39:54.884-10:002009-07-27T12:39:54.884-10:00BTW - Sweden fully funds my Doctoral work, and my ...BTW - Sweden fully funds my Doctoral work, and my "job" here in Denmark funds my vacations to Kauai.<br /><br />Adjö´! SassaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20204919630125723452009-07-27T12:06:08.614-10:002009-07-27T12:06:08.614-10:00"It doesn't seem like you can claim any m..."It doesn't seem like you can claim any moral high ground."<br /><br />I stand on no moral high ground so please don't hate me because I'm beautiful, people want to give me money, and I'm trying to improve myself by reading Das Capital in the original German here at the Copenhagen University Library. It seems Marx was poor and yet contributed what he could. You seem like and old bitter rich guy who resents a young woman who figured out what you obviously could not at a young age. Well gotta go remind the Dutch to slow down and smell the tulips. Its getting a little nippy here in Denmark 68% to be topless. Perhaps I will return to the warm beaches of Kauai after I get my Doctorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-7887309668579850262009-07-27T11:45:02.966-10:002009-07-27T11:45:02.966-10:00I'm all for welfare existing for people who tr...I'm all for welfare existing for people who truly need it, but not for people making a voluntary life style out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-82293536543298417562009-07-27T10:37:35.080-10:002009-07-27T10:37:35.080-10:00So you welfare pussies can see the Paris sites bec...So you welfare pussies can see the Paris sites because you are parasites.<br /><br />We tax-paying capitalists "give" while you shamelessly "take" without providing any value back.<br /><br />It doesn't seem like you can claim any moral high ground.<br /><br />Reminds me of the song "King of the Road", praising the bum lifestyle.<br /><br />Worthless...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-24506030090473144782009-07-27T10:31:43.521-10:002009-07-27T10:31:43.521-10:00I've always been happy in my head...happy to a...I've always been happy in my head...happy to achieve...happy to win...happy to amass wealth...happy to enjoy a very long, first-class retirement.<br /><br />It's always nice to hear from the Welfare Warrior class...the Govn't Cheese Whizes...the Shopping Cart Cadre...the Food Stamp Force...<br /><br />"How to be Happy while being a Poor Loser with no Ambition"...maybe you should write a book. But no...it would be against your anti-work ethic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-24932467780087982522009-07-27T09:56:21.086-10:002009-07-27T09:56:21.086-10:00"I know...money can't buy happiness, but ..."I know...money can't buy happiness, but it does let you look for it in lots of different places."<br /><br />Try looking inside your head. That's where I found happiness and it was free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-91893443380568528942009-07-27T09:48:08.990-10:002009-07-27T09:48:08.990-10:00Greedy people paying taxes to support my lifestyle...Greedy people paying taxes to support my lifestyle is a life lesson best learned early.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-8702827812430027782009-07-27T09:40:54.457-10:002009-07-27T09:40:54.457-10:00Yes you prefer to pay to visit Denmark while I am ...Yes you prefer to pay to visit Denmark while I am having them pay me to be there, but to each her own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10469885862238329162009-07-27T09:39:36.246-10:002009-07-27T09:39:36.246-10:00I know...money can't buy happiness, but it doe...I know...money can't buy happiness, but it does let you look for it in lots of different places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39943554870314150472009-07-27T09:38:33.130-10:002009-07-27T09:38:33.130-10:00It's a lifestyle thing. I prefer mine over yo...It's a lifestyle thing. I prefer mine over yours.<br /><br />I've been rich and I've been poor.<br /><br />Rich is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-44439924531571536082009-07-27T09:32:34.436-10:002009-07-27T09:32:34.436-10:00"Not being a welfare pussy such as yourself, ..."Not being a welfare pussy such as yourself, but being a hard-core capitalist, I retired at 50."<br /><br />You poor deluded running dog of the capitalist roader. Retired at 50. What a late blooming dullard! I have always been retired, never worked a day in my life preferring to live off the excesses of your greed. Sure it's a simple life but hey I place a premium on doing what I want and letting the man (you and your ilk) pick up the tab. Thanks for your modest contribution and busting your hump for my benefit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20918799295947999972009-07-27T08:39:35.521-10:002009-07-27T08:39:35.521-10:00Well, while you work, I am entering my second deca...Well, while you work, I am entering my second decade of wonderful, debt-free retirement living in the lap of luxury on the Kona Coast.<br /><br />Not being a welfare pussy such as yourself, but being a hard-core capitalist, I retired at 50.<br /><br />Enjoy your summer job. I had one of those...in high school.<br /><br />Pussy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39448440853227708092009-07-27T07:35:53.441-10:002009-07-27T07:35:53.441-10:00"You welfare pussy."
How did you guess!..."You welfare pussy."<br /><br />How did you guess! Here I am at my summer job in Denmark you misogynist, mouth-breathing, warmonger. <br /><br />http://www.speedbandits.dk/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-86876782013861258012009-07-26T23:18:22.712-10:002009-07-26T23:18:22.712-10:00You welfare pussy.You welfare pussy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-70623619428591912492009-07-26T14:05:58.206-10:002009-07-26T14:05:58.206-10:00"Perhaps you should go back to North Korea or..."Perhaps you should go back to North Korea or Burma where your wish has come true."<br /><br />I'm going back to Sweden a welfare state that is much nicer than North Korea or Burma or even the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76144349964368773652009-07-26T13:59:41.603-10:002009-07-26T13:59:41.603-10:00"Given the choice, I'd go for the militar..."Given the choice, I'd go for the military state."<br /><br />Unfortunately in a military state you will not be "given the choice" so your choice for such a state would be your last. Perhaps you should go back to North Korea or Burma where your wish has come true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com