zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
This is truly frustrating. I make too much to apply for federa;, state or local financial assistance, but I don't take enough home to pay all the bills....it is not like I wanted to be like this....no one does. 2/2/2012 6:42:16 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
sux2Bu 2/2/2012 6:46:27 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Clearly you must quit your job, then.
Or, go back to basics and get rid of some bills by any means necessary.
Or, join Occupy Wall Street.
Or, drop off the radar and take only cash jobs and you travel the country.
Lots of options.
[Edited on February 2, 2012 at 6:53 PM. Reason : .] 2/2/2012 6:50:57 PM |
InsultMaster Suspended 1310 Posts user info edit post |
This is not sustainable. Something has got to give. 2/2/2012 6:55:32 PM |
cain All American 7450 Posts user info edit post |
Pick an option: Spend Less Work more Work harder Work smarter 2/2/2012 7:00:47 PM |
Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
Yup, pretty simple solutions here fella. Either decrease your expenditures or increase your income. I suggest trying to find something approx. 20 hrs. a week, maybe overnight. It's amazing how much of a difference an extra $400-500 a month makes, and on top of that you'll probably go out less and spend less because you'll be working more. 2/2/2012 7:17:43 PM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
Hit the gym. Quit Facebook. 2/2/2012 7:17:51 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
well I dont have any internet...no cable tv...use 2 small space heaters instead of the HVAC electric heat....it is the seperation and divorce that has put me where I am....I have a decent job and haven't had any problems until 2011. I have cut to the core. I cannot cut back anymore. 2/2/2012 7:27:12 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
yeah I could work more hours but am so depressed and tired....... plus I got to visit with my girls in the evenings... 2/2/2012 7:28:13 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
my house was robbed before Christmas...my car died forever on 01-06-2012....and now the electric wiring is screwed up in the house...and my well pump died for the 3rd time in four years. I can no longer afford this house. It has been cursed and a money pit since I bought it...it even passed a very thorough inspection before I bought it....very bad bad luck that shows little signs of letting up so I live for the day. 2/2/2012 7:32:42 PM |
Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
I don't want to hear it. I worked 90-100 hours a week for 2+ years. It can be done. 2/2/2012 7:33:11 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
for the OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhyVIluOwKg 2/2/2012 7:35:43 PM |
InsultMaster Suspended 1310 Posts user info edit post |
I guess I sympathize with the OP because I know how it is not making enough to support yourself even after working 70+ hours a week for 6 months. 2/2/2012 7:37:49 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
Kurtis636 > you don't want to hear it then get the hell out of this thread...Asshole.
Unsympathetic bastard. I used to be in the Army so I know what it is like to work my ass off.... 2/2/2012 7:39:16 PM |
moron All American 34039 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don't want to hear it. I worked 90-100 hours a week for 2+ years. It can be done. " |
You don't want to hear what?
You're telling him to ditch his family and give up on his health to conform to what you think he should be doing.
He's in a tough spot for sure, if his story is real. Hopefully he has family to lean on.
It might be time though to sell the house, and consider an apartment though. Your maintenance costs are far less and there's no property tax, and rent is probably cheaper than a mortgage.2/2/2012 7:50:06 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
I have no assets..she took everything of value.... All my family lives in Indiana and my dad passed away many years ago. My mom got laid off when her job went to Mexico so no help there....
Hoping for a good tax return to help me get another car and help find another place to live. The Veteran's Administration said they can help with "transistional housing" 2/2/2012 7:54:57 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
actually for the house I am in the rent is compariable because it is Northern Durham Co. I am trying to get it sold but there is so many little things wrong with it that I am really screwed either way 2/2/2012 7:56:56 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
GET A [BETTER] JOB, HIPPIE.] 2/2/2012 8:23:20 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
whatever. 2/2/2012 8:23:54 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
The government isn't here to bail you out. Quit whining and figure out the solution on your own. 2/2/2012 8:25:09 PM |
InsultMaster Suspended 1310 Posts user info edit post |
I would literally rather live off the government than work another crappy job in my life. 2/2/2012 8:30:53 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
I am figuring it out. The government doesn't owe me anything. But I work and pay taxes for people who could work but don't and they get the assistance I could really use right now. Ultimately it is my life and my own worry. Big banks get bailed out. Mortgage companies got bailed out. Other countries get bailed out.....US tax dollars pissed away.....
I have even been told to quit a job just so I could get assistance. 2/2/2012 8:31:51 PM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
Found your problem. You got married. 2/2/2012 8:33:00 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
That's why the government should stop bailing out people, companies, and countries. 2/2/2012 8:33:27 PM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
They should. But, in the meantime, you should milk the same system that is fucking you over. 2/2/2012 8:34:11 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
wdprice3 > I sincerely hope you never get into a position that you need assistance.
D357r0y3r > I cannot milk a system that has dried up. 2/2/2012 8:41:39 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52766 Posts user info edit post |
soap box=wrong subforum. let me move this for you... 2/2/2012 8:43:53 PM |
JesusHChrist All American 4458 Posts user info edit post |
clearly, your problem is because of illegal immigrants, welfare queens....um, let's see...muslims, probably? 2/2/2012 8:44:16 PM |
Chance Suspended 4725 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "All my family lives in Indiana and my dad passed away many years ago." |
Sell your shit or stop paying the bills and move back in with your damn family. For fucks sake, is that not what they are for?2/2/2012 8:44:28 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
What's wrong with your car?
If you can still make the mortgage I'd say stay in the house and not worry about the small shit that goes wrong there. Selling the house is going to be tough, no doubt.
I hear you on the alimony/child support, that can be a real bitch. 2/2/2012 8:45:45 PM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
Bloomington is a nice town
but regardless of where you are
have you considered going back to school?
get those student loans for now to help you through ... profit? 2/2/2012 8:49:14 PM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
since you've got a piece of property you could plant a garden this spring that could save you some money
you can also visit food banks for assistance 2/2/2012 8:53:42 PM |
Mindstorm All American 15858 Posts user info edit post |
I'll be the first person to tell you that you're just getting the shit trolled out of you because you posted this in chit chat, zifnab.
Good luck with the financial stuff.
Also, moron, a lot of rentals really are priced the same or worse than a mortgage these days unless you have an HOA. Interest rates are ridiculously low and buying a house is really pretty affordable. I mean I'm paying about as much for this house I'm closing on tomorrow as I would be (monthly) for a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment in a similar area. Granted, I'm in Cary, but still I'm amazed that these corporate-managed apartments around here try to rent for $1100+/mo when I can buy a house for slightly less than that with a bit more square footage and on half an acre. 2/2/2012 9:20:38 PM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
He actually posted it in TSB. It got moved to chit chat. 2/2/2012 9:25:03 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
so have you actually applied and been turned down for assistance?
they take into account alimony/child support and even your bills to determine if you qualify for food stamps, everything else is much harder to get but a couple hundred a month can help a lot.
but definitely consider a big change/move because this kind of stress will knock years off your life. 2/2/2012 9:33:04 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The government isn't here to bail you out." |
Did you not hear the Prayer Breakfast, Obama said we are here to bail people out. Sadly, his evidence for God supporting a tax upon the masses to force them to be equalized/ charitable towards the poor is missing within the whole Bible, from the OT on down to the NT.2/2/2012 9:52:39 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
Yup, God wants there to be poor people. He would totally be against high taxes. 2/2/2012 9:59:24 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
"The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."
Pro 13:4
There is nothing wrong with increasing taxes to help people out of poverty or support the destitute, but perhaps someone can answer me why when people suggest drug testing welfare recipients everyone thinks it's some huge slap in the face by some super rich pricks?
I had to get drugged tested for my partime job, which I'd imagine was less than gov't welfare. So in order to make money I can't be a drug addict, but to receive support I can do w/e I want.
There is a difference between the gov't handling social security and
"If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother:"
Deut 15:7
The moral of the story is when we create a system where one could easily receive money for nothing as work for money. Why would they work for money? So instead of helping people get back into jobs, which is difficult seeing as only the gov't is hiring, and there aren't exactly the best at a balanced budget, we just create a dependence system. 2/2/2012 10:18:02 PM |
PKSebben All American 1386 Posts user info edit post |
Why...do you post this...so often... 2/2/2012 10:24:22 PM |
Fareako Shitter Pilot 10238 Posts user info edit post |
Wouldn't this have been more appropriate for the lounge?
Also, OP's situation sucks. I wish you the best. 2/2/2012 10:26:25 PM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, get back to your spiderman pictures guy. 2/2/2012 10:26:38 PM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Yup, God wants there to be poor people. He would totally be against high taxes. " |
I don't want there to be poor people. I don't want high taxes. Taxes make people poorer. Taxes take away from the productive class and give to the politically well connected class.
It would be one thing if the tax money was actually distributed fairly and equitably. It's not.2/2/2012 10:35:56 PM |
zifnab Veteran 383 Posts user info edit post |
well this is like wow....this thread got moved to Chit Chat....not the place I'd pick for it.....but whatever.
My home is in foreclosure and I live in NC not Indiana...that is where my mom lives. I work and my kids are here in the triangle....so moving back home without them is not an option. I am also seperated and going through a divorce.
I have been turned down for all financial assistance by Durham Co Social Services and the like. The Veteran's Admin. will help but only when I am almost homeless due to limited space. I have qualified for some type of legal aid to assist me in the foreclosure process but will not know how until next week...
I didn't really start this thread to recieve sympathy or to stir up things. I am just an average guy and posting things here helps because it is like talking about it....it gets things off my chest.... 2/3/2012 8:54:57 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on February 3, 2012 at 9:12 AM. Reason : / sarcasm]2/3/2012 8:58:08 AM |
Klatypus All American 6786 Posts user info edit post |
^ my father honest to god might be twins with Gingrich. Same hair (except my dad's hair is black and has big glasses), and his political views are quite similar.
and his overall bullshitting is pretty comparable. 2/3/2012 2:48:55 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
Good luck zifnab
You're doing the right thing by staying close to your kids, hope things look better sooner rather than later! 2/3/2012 2:54:23 PM |