Forum Post: - I went to college and majored in business
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 2:53 a.m. EST by topster88
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- During college I worked off some of my loan while also building a savings account
- I didn't buy things I didn't need and was never late on credit payments
- I always used protection so I wouldn't have to drop out to raise a kid
- After college I got a job in data entry and continued paying off my loans and growing my savings
- Now I'm close to buying a house since I've paid off most of my loan and otherwise have no debt
- Even though I haven't had a raise since a few months after I started I'm still financially stable since I manage my money right
I am the 99%?
Good for you! Your Mom must be proud! Buy a house, knock up some lucky lady. Work overtime because she needs a safe car to drive around your baby. Do this for 10-30 years and realize that all the brands name products you've been loyal to have over charged you for years because they need to pay the ceo $20,000,000/yr,and make a profit for the shareholders. Even working 20 years without any overtime (2x time is a good way to get ahead), you will accumulate what the ceo makes in 1 month. Keep doing what you are doing. If everyone was responsible we would not be in this situation. Do you really think a ceo is worth the salary of 200 workers?
I went to college and majored in CompSci.
During college I worked two jobs because my parents couldn't afford tuition.
I didn't buy too many things I didn't need and was never late on credit payments.
I always used protection so I wouldn't have to to drop out to raise a kid.
After college, I helped start a company, and after I got tired of it I moved to NYC and got a job as a developer.
I don't plan to buy a house, but I've paid off loan entirely and have no debt.
Even though I haven't had a raise in a year I'm financially stable since I manage my money right.
I am the 99%.
I am the 99% because I don't believe in bought governance.
I am the 99% because I believe in corporate accountability.
I am the 99% because I believe that I've worked hard, but I've also been extremely lucky just to be born in the US, to have had access to public education, to have been in the right place at the right time to land a job even in the midst of a recession.
I am the 99% because I see people who have just been unlucky, and they struggle to eat in a nation as prosperous as America.
I am the 99% because I see people who have made one mistake, or one bad decision, and are still paying for it years later, while others make terrible decisions every day and are rewarded for it.
I am the 99% because I see people every day who work hard, who do right, and are still struggling.
I am the 99% because I know Something is Wrong.
agreed and exelent statements at the end
You've made sensible choices and had the good fortune to make it where you are.
However, even though you've been responsible, you'll still end up part of this system. Debt servicers (paying a loan aka a slave) and if you start a business thats profitable, or work for a company that pays well, theres always the chance that can end in the blink of an eye.
Yes. Do you make less than a million?
Oh a business major, kool. Maybe you can explain why a bank can take someone else's money, say your money like $100 and put $900 on their balance sheet, but I can not take $100 from you and write $900 in my checking account. Before you answer that, consider this, if bank corporations are created by people how could they have more power than the people that created them?
10 people deposit $100 each in a bank. the Bank holds $100 for day to day withdrawals, and loans out the $900 to someone - who uses it to buy a house for his family. If you cannot understand why having functional access to credit for the average citizen is a good thing - or what purpose banks serve in society, you truly detract from the effectiveness of this movement.
10 people deposit 100 dollars each and the bank writes 9000 dollars on their balance sheet. Duh........... its called fractional reserve banking, you should look into it.
Whose credit is it? Certainly not the bank for they create nothing, and credit comes from the ability to create something useful to society, something someone might actually want to buy. Who in their right mind wants to buy evidence of debt? (federal reserve notes are,,, well Notes! Only a man can create something via his or her labor. So you see, the bank is hustling people out of credit that belongs rightfully to the people. And don't try to give me some crap about the bank creates credit, because the bank is always waiting for the next fool to come in and make a deposit or take a loan so they can pay out the next loan or return deposited funds. When Henry Ford said "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." he was talking about YOU!
Lol.
That's fine, you can go back to living in a barter economy, plant some crops until you can trade a few bushels for your next house. The rest of us however...
Nice try troll, you dropped the ball.
No. You'll be the 1% soon if you keep on doing that.
In all seriousness, the way the average person here manages their personal finances is a disgrace, and its amazing how entitled people think they are. You worked hard and studied business and managed your finances responsibly. Do you think that you should be classed in with the 21 year old who went to NYU to study "Medieval Psychology" for 60k a year protesting alongside you?
This has got to be the most ignorant comment I've seen tonight, which is impressive. You know nothing about how anyone here manages their finances so just stop. You also have no idea what these people majored in. In case you were wondering, I majored in economics with a focus in finance and work experience in computer science.
In addition, he won't be in the 1% doing what he's doing because despite whatever delusions are running through your fevered mind, the vast majority of people in this country work hard, stay out of debt, and major in things other than "Medieval Psychology" yet are still not in the 1%.
Thanks for playing though.
That's sort of a feature of percentages. If everyone were in the 1%, it would just be 100% then.
That's sort of the point. I'm glad I didn't have to explain it to you.