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People who are saying he’s wrong don’t understand what it’s like to take care of every single person you know for 7 years. We’re talking over 40 people.
At a certain moment in time, it’s like why am I doing this.
Billionaire Tyler Perry gave his own family 60 days to find jobs or lose his financial support. Despite being worth an estimated $1.4 billion, he refused to keep supporting relatives who weren't working.
In the video below, Perry explains why he fired his own aunt and later gave other family members an ultimatum after his mother's death.
He wanted them to become financially independent instead of relying on his fortune.
One aunt regularly called asking for money, and Perry kept sending it until he offered her a job. But she repeatedly called in and failed to show up for work, so he eventually fired her.
His mother had also asked him to support other relatives, and he continued helping them while she was alive. After she died in 2009, Perry sent them letters giving them 60 days to find employment or lose his financial support.
According to Perry, every relative eventually found a job. He didn't care whether the jobs paid well because he wanted them to earn their own money and have something to feel proud of.
Perry also recalled a relative getting angry when he refused to hand over $1 million. He believed that continually giving money to people who refused to work was making their dependence worse.
A billionaire who could afford to support his entire family chose to make them earn their own living.
If you had $1.4 billion, would you keep supporting unemployed relatives or give them the same 60-day ultimatum?
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YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TOWN FOR THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE ROADS, POLICE, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, SNOW PLOWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
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my most boomer opinion is that they absolutely should simply because they planned their existence in a society where they were told they would be getting social security (in other words, many overshot their savings needs but likely not due to strategic choices)
80% of Boomers should not get a social security check.
They have had 40+ years to let their assets inflate and compound.
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A man could be a total loser but simply him having a wife and kids will raise his social status completely and make him appear to be more of a man than he actually is
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I can understand this viewpoint but I’d like us a community to stop associating learning what is required to be sustainable financially as being a capitalist
Being able to have financial options is your right, and affects everything in your life
We should care more about it
this is a big part of it too I think - I don't know anything about stuff like investing because I don't care to, I'm not a capitalist like that. but yeah assuming that once you position yourself to give your kid access, you'll simply have started a lineage of high earners is nuts
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Jealousy seeps out in many ways. The way she says “husband” the use of “idiot” about a song & the idea that a song can ruin a marriage
She can ask her if she is aware of what the song is about she that she is aware. But this is a lot of energy for a song
Ladies. Would you end your friendship of 17 years over this? (I'm not saying my opinion Im asking cause I wanna see if I'm tripping)
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It’s why p0rn stars have a high marriage rate and Christian women are single for a long time if not indefinitely.
Men love openly sexual women. Will wife them up no hesitation. They actually prefer promiscuous women.
Most men declaring their hate for wh*res are being performative.
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The fact that so many people prefer WFH, prioritizing instant gratification at the cost of better long term outcomes, is in fact evidence that most adults are children.
My strongest “vibes not evidence” belief is that remote work is a cancer that’s making (most) people miserable even though it seems better in the short term.
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As usual on this platform we are having 2 different conversations. The gap exist due to a 400 year head start no one is saying that gap is going to close due to marriage. They are saying marriage could put you in a position to close YOUR gap.
Ppl saw the black wealth stats and swore it was cuz lack of marriage, the married blacks were apart of that as well along with the middle class , and if the "degenerates" could bring the community down that much on average the wealth not really real
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Some people only have morals when they have an audience, very fake & performative.
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if you caused someone pain, you don’t get to dictate how they tell their story. if you don’t want people knowing what you did, don’t do things you’re ashamed of being exposed for. the betrayal was in your actions, not in someone finally speaking up about what they endured. you don’t get to play the victim just because the truth makes you uncomfortable. that’s called accountability.
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It's actually healthy when people dislike you. Being disliked is a byproduct of having self respect. It means you're not a people pleaser and you have boundaries. A lot of your problems come from not putting people in their place the first time they try you. Be careful what you tolerate.
You're teaching people how to treat you
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let him enjoy it because he got bout five years before it’s time to start waking up at 8am for the rest of his life
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I’ve seen couple of people call me their friends and I don’t know how to say it to their faces that we aren’t friends. We have never spoken in depth before. I know nothing about your life, family or even work. None of us have been vulnerable to each other before. So how-
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