strikes me a lot as a group of slightly worse off people trying to drag down a group of slightly better off people, creating an even bigger wealth divide, rather than joining up and tackling the major reasons why we’re all down here fighting any way.
i’ve personal experience of losing a parent suddenly and having to sell up the only family home, which three of four people called their main residence, whilst paying for a brother to be at uni, and supporting a mum who had never worked, just to cover a tax bill and wait for probate to be sorted. coupled with a stressful job and all the admin, all that sorting that meant i never actually had any time to grieve properly, and started to despise my dad for putting me through it all. it cost me personally well over 30 grand that i’d worked hard for before then. a sum i didn’t feel comfortable asking to be covered by the rest of the family who were in a place where they needed every penny they could get. eventually my
portion of the money came through, and it got me to point where it’s given me maybe an 8 year leg up and brings retirement 8 years closer. it does not feel worth all the stress that came with it.
i’ve long done a job i hate, in a sector i find boring, just because it pays well enough and offers the kind of security of being able to afford to give my own kids a reasonable standard of living in the area i’m bringing them up in. it’s the sacrifice i make to get by. when i’m on my death bed, seriously contemplating whether or not it’s all been worth it, the only thing i’ll know was worth it will be my kids. and the last thing i want for them is for them to have the same kind of worries i had, whilst the tax man rubs his hands, thinking there’s another opportunity to bum the husk of a man he took everything from already.