Reality check time !
A recent vestibule in Anthem Center was completed that cost us $75,000 !
...and it was rather disturbing in the
manner in which the cost was justified amongst those in our community that are
of the belief that money is spent "like a drunken
sailor".
....that spending less on an
alternative option costing $8,000 for an air curtain, is "beneath" our
standards...because we are a community that shouldn't bother with such trivial
things when our "reputation" is at stake.
... that it would have forced certain
status conscious members of our community to remove their raised noses from the
clouds and breathe the same air that the rest of the peasant population is
forced to endure !
...and that line of
thought...
... is typical of something that most
RESPONSIBLE people
despise...
BIG
GOVERNMENT
...government that spends money for one
reason....
...because they have it to spend...
...rather than having a need for something to spend it on
!
It's time to look in the mirror and
realize a very important fact about seniors....
WE'RE PEOPLE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...
...that we are NOT
ENTITLED to anything other than what we put into this earth while making
an attempt to make it a better place.
...that living in a community where
most homes ranging in the $200,000 to $250,000 price category exist in a non-gated
community...
... is not
SHAGRILA...
...that it's middle class America !
...that an OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE of
Sun City Anthem residents are just "middle of the roaders" who were looking for
a well maintained area in which to live out the rest of our lives....in
peace...without poverty !
...not some "look at me"
community where people who live outside it, look at us.. NOT
WITH ENVY...
....but as "those
seniors who have champagne tastes on beer
budgets".
And believe me...I get out of here
OFTEN enough to hear those words, not like some whose lives revolve around
spending every waking moment walking around a large building, dinng at the same
overpriced eatery, and believing they represent "the
people".
There was a frightening set of
statistics made public recently.....that in excess of 38% of
seniors have less than $1,000 in a savings
account...
...yet
amazingly....
Still believe they are
going to retire !
How is that possible?
In their
minds...
ONE
WAY
... by believing they are
"entitled" to it !
...that the federal government is
supposed to provide those "wants"...despite neither having the funds to do
so.
I spoke with an anonymous individual
recently, who, at the age of 71, refinanced a home OVER 30 YEARS....that the attitude
was...
...not a big
deal, when I die, who cares what I owe?
WHO CARES
WHAT I OWE WHEN I DIE?
How disgusting, I thought...and yet
this attitude is becoming more and more prevalent in our society as the years
pass.
What if OUR ANCESTORS would have thought
that way...especially ones like mine who arrived in Ellis Island in the 1920s ?
So who is going to pay that
debt?
OUR KIDS, THEIR KIDS, and THEIR
KIDS.
And whose fault is this
attitude?
OURS...THE ENTITLED
GENERATION...
...THE ONES WHO TOOK THE PRINCIPLES
INSTILLED IN US BY HARD WORKING PARENTS AND ANCESTORS....
....and those who have adopted this belief of "entitlement"....who have DESTROYED THEM in
their "you owe me" attitudes !
That $75,000 for a vestibule is a
perfect example of the waste that is now part of the ENTITLED GENERATION'S WAY
OF THINKING.
A substantial number of people DO NOT
USE the Anthem Center, and a simple SWEATER could have solved a
problem...
...but...
... those who "keep their noses high enough in the air"....decided to
spend $75,000 of an entire community's funds in order for a FEW to avoid having
to buy that sweater.
...spending money based
on CARELESS WANT...not NEED.
Ever look at "self-made" people and the
way they spend money? They do so a lot differently than those who have been
part of a system that has cared for them their entire working
lives....
...they VALUE IT, and unlike so many
others who criticize them for their wealth....REALIZE that there are NO
GUARANTEES as to TOMORROW....
Whereas $1,100 in annual
dues is looked upon by many as modest...perhaps knowing that sum PAID IN A
SINGLE YEAR....exceeds the TOTAL SAVINGS of 38% of Americans wishing to
retire...
...places all of this in
its proper perspective.
...and that the values of our parents and ancestors MUST BE PRESERVED, or, in the words of Abraham
Lincoln..
.
.
..this
nation will "perish from this earth".
From Resident....Vegas Val...to Anthem Opinions
ReplyDeleteYour article today in Anthem Opinions was so “right on” that you are to be commended for adding sanity and what is right into the minds of those who feel that they are “owed” whatever it is they want!
From Resident Patsy McCarthy...to...Anthem Opinions
ReplyDeleteReally good posting today. I couldn't agree more.
I had to go over to the Spa this morning to pick up a gift certificate for my sister's birthday. This is the first time I have seen the new vestibule. Frankly, I can't believe it took $75,000 to build the thing! What a waste of our money just because a small number of people don't have the sense to bring a jacket or sweater during the few month of cooler weather. What do they wear from the house to the car and the car to the center????