tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post4404140408367107406..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: First they came for the puppeteers.....Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-16601811917453047202011-11-07T14:52:52.605-05:002011-11-07T14:52:52.605-05:00They've been called "starving artists&quo...They've been called "starving artists" since at least my grandparents' generation. Choosing a low paying career field has been hard on the lifestyle far longer than Wall Street has been giving out multi-million dollar bonuses.<br /><br />In fact, hasn't the story of the daughter falling in love and wanting to marry a boy with poor career prospects been around for centuries?<br /><br />And really, if you turned around and redistributed every bonus given to every Wall Street worker, how much would that turn out to be for the rest of us? Tens of dollars, maybe a hundred dollars?Hasdrubalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-40885974501892682982011-11-06T08:18:22.969-05:002011-11-06T08:18:22.969-05:00He thought he could use the teacher salary guideli...He thought he could use the teacher salary guidelines as a loophole to make an extra $10,000 a year by playing with puppets. That is, he got greedy and now wants us to bail him out.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-81230136651530583512011-11-05T09:33:10.296-04:002011-11-05T09:33:10.296-04:00It's the degeneration of the American dream:
...It's the degeneration of the American dream: <br /><br />It once was this: "If you try hard, there's a chance you'll succeed" (i.e., own the roof over your head and food on your table, and maybe have a little bit of leisure time).<br /><br />It turned to this: "If you try hard, you can be whatever you want to be".<br /><br />And now it's this: "You can be whatever you want to be and you can succeed".Dave Hansennoreply@blogger.com