The Cost Of Survival

I guess I need a light bulb moment for making good money. It's getting harder to be creative these days and support yourself by doing it. It's getting harder to support yourself period. When I was younger I thought it would come right to me. I mean it's not hard to make the money. You just need enough to sustain your existence. That's why it's harder. Let me give you an example:A dump apartment in the 60's was $100.00 and wages were $2.50 Today wages have only gone up to approx. $7.50 (after taxes) for a 40 hour work week. so you make approx. $1100.00 a month. Lets see if we can live off of our hard labour...

AVERAGE PERSONS MONTHLY BILLS
Rent =MINIMUM $550.00 to $600.00 for a piece of shit.
Heat $900 a month (oil prices continue to sky rocket)
food= $150.00 if you mostly like kraft dinner and canned goods.
Power =$100.00 or more if you like using it.
Transportation =$100 0r $60 if you use the bus.
phone=$32.00 minimum.
necessities=$50.00 (laundry,soaps, toothpaste, toilet paper, tampons..) So now we only have $70 left. Water? Debts anyone? Student loans? Your gonna owe the man something at some point. more like everyone because we're broke. BETTER NOT GET SICK! you can't afford it. HOME EMENITIES.OR emergency funds. Car need repairs? Nothing lasts forever anymore. Then there's clothes, furniture... That's allot of fuckin' money and we haven't even done anything fun to keep us from snapping. Entertainment? I guess I'll just watch TV ($30 a month for basic cable) I'm too tired from working to go out. Not to mention broke. Maybe I can rent some movies? Only $10 including munchies.....

The government is really behind the scenes these days. It's the faceless corporations that are ruling over us. Where we go shopping makes a big difference. ie. Mc Donald's made $5.42 billion in 2007. They expect an increase in profits because of the Healthier menu, but most employees working there are at poverty level. Even the managers only make slightly more then the teenagers that are just there to save money and don't know that much about survival. That's why I can't stand working for big places like Walmart, Super store, Call centers etc. You get treated like crap, work all the fuckin time, always get called in on your day off and you don't make enough to show for your hard, usually stressful and disgusting work.

Thank you Mc Donald's. No I don't want fries with that. I can't affort any 'add-ons' because you aren't paying me enough...

Everyones a hypocrite.

Everyones a hypocrite. I complain that people should be nicer to one another and here I am bashing my fellow man. It sure is fun though!

If you're a vegetarian chances are I will not like you because I think you're kind of dumb. I understand that you should know where your meat is coming from and if it's from an animal that's been treated kindly through out it's life. Why then, can't we just ask for better agriculture? You can't just say it's cruel to eat meat because an animal shouldn't die to give you food. What If you're starving to death? Next thing you'll been on a wolves case because it preyed upon a rabbit. Or a person in a third world country ate their neighbours cat. Human beings are omnivores. We survived by eating anything that walks, crawls, flys and grows. Animals eat animals. Humans are animals. Some animals eat humans. That's nature. Weather it's a plant or an animal something must DIE in order to feed us.

If you think it's wrong to eat meat because animals are God's creatures and we should love them, not eat them, then it becomes about morals and religious beliefs. Not anyone believes in God, and there are thousands of religions. you can't force your beliefs on others. If you think we shouldn't eat meat because the effects it has on the environment then you should stop driving, shopping in large corporate retail stores, only eat things that come in a biodegradable bag, and live without electricity. Because I can guarantee you're assisting in global warming. Oh yes and think of how many millions of animals are hit by cars every day. If you're truly animal friendly then you wouldn't drive because there's too much risk involved. If you think that we shouldn't eat meat because it's bad for you then you should read more. Meat is an excellent source of iron and protein. If you have to take supplements to get more iron in your blood because you're anemic then something is wrong there. You can get replacements for meat easily but a lot of these replacements imitate meat. Which is kind of messed up. You want to eat something that imitates cooked flesh...nasty! I've heard some vegetarians say that because of the way farmers and butchers process meat, there may be a little bit of the animal's poo in the packaging. Well if you haven't noticed most plants we eat thrive from fertilizer.

Make sure what you're reading is neutral about the subject of meat, vegetarianism or veganisim because if they aren't they could just be trying to promote their company. I've read university studies that indicate meat contains chemicals that make you smarter, have a quicker reaction time and a stronger immune system. I'm not saying vegans are the enemy, I just think we should have a balanced diet, low in trans and saturated fat and live healthy lives without bitching about peoples poor morals when everyones a hypocrite.

There are terrible things happening in North America and around the globe that effect not only animals but people and the environment. Most people focus on the little things when we should be looking at how to fix the BIG problems. I should apologise for saying I don't like vegetarians earlier in the Blog. What I should have said was I don't like it when people discriminate others for the way they live. Not all meat eaters eat at McDonald's and die at 60 from heart disease and obesity. Not all vegetarians eat tofu and go to nudist colonies. So lets all get along so we can work on building colonies on the moon for when the earth is no longer habitable.

Oh, and check out my cute poke at vegetarians on a shirt I made called Veggie Murder!