Re: OT : what is middle class poverty?

Posted by Brokenwrench on January 11, 2007 at 07:31:26 from (66.222.0.36):

In Reply to: OT : what is middle class poverty? posted by Dave from MN on January 11, 2007 at 05:04:21:

I`ve started replying to this twice already.
Just didn`t know if my opinion added any value to the conversation. What the heck.
My wife and I live in rural MN, have three small kids, and a small farm(horses).
I am self employed, my wife is a stay at home mom who does do some subbing at the local elem school.
I agree totally with alot of the insights people have already offered. It`s all about choices.
I chose to move back home, we chose for my wife to stay at home, we chose to live in the country.

Yeah, things are tight, but my wife could go full time, or we could move to a different area.
I know I could make better money, and actually get benefits if I wanted to make those sacrifices. What would we gain? Back to the root of what brings us all to this sight, I love old tractors, scratchin around in the dirt, and enjoying the time we have with our kids who are already growing up way too fast.
I feel we also choose how much debt we get into, the problem is this is a "want" driven society.
It`s amazing the difference between what we want and what we need.
Instead of the new house with all the latest stuff, we made the decision to live where we do so we could enjoy the things we love. I have five horses, the most I paid for one is $900 dollars. The hours of fun we have riding with our kids, I wouldn`t trade for all the new toys in the world.
I know if things get financially tough, we`re responsible for straightening it out. If the extras gotta go, they gotta go. The thing is to not hold on too tightly to the posessions. Theres always something alittle better out there. It`s a tough lesson to learn, but look at how the older generations lived, it is possible to live like that, but not if you get way in debt. Just my two cents

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