What people do with their money....
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
October 25, 2011 2:31am CST
I'm noticing more and more people are getting all bent out of shape about how other people use their money. Mostly by people who would go into a tirade if anyone presumed to tell THEM how to use THEIR'S.
"They should be spending their money on..." Usually followed by either something the accuser considers important, or what they thing the other party SHOULD consider important.
Guess what, it's not your money, you don't get a say on what they do with their's... especially if you would resent some blowhard butting in on how you should be using yours!
Now, I'm not talking about how government officials use taxpayer money, everyone in the nation has a right to speak out about that. I'm also not talking about criminal activity.
But why do people think they have some right to tell others how they should be spending money? I don't care if it's a church, business, organization or citizen or family.
Unless you'd welcome unsolicited advice or rambling about how you spend yours, get off the backs of other people!
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
25 Oct 11
It's just another facet of the class warfare game. Why does anyone care if the McCain's own 7 homes, most of which are rented out? Taxpayers didn't by those homes, Cindy McCain's business did. Why does anyone care how much Newt Gingrich charged on his credit card? It's his money and he pays down the balance regularly.
As you said, I don't want anyone telling me how to spend my money, and I have no business telling other people how they must spend their money. With a church or non-profit it's a bit different if you are a regular donor, but even then you are typically one of many people donating to the organization.
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@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
26 Oct 11
I don't care what those particular people do, because they are of no concern to me. They are not part of my family or my personal friends. I do think they make too much money off the backs of taxpayers though 
. So... I don't care what they do with their money, I care more how they MAKE it.
I do have to wonder how anybody would know they have 7 homes or the balance on a credit card. The nosy media at work yet again? Nobody would care if nobody knew, and nobody would know if the nosy media didn't exist. I didn't know until I saw your posting lol.
. So... I don't care what they do with their money, I care more how they MAKE it.
I do have to wonder how anybody would know they have 7 homes or the balance on a credit card. The nosy media at work yet again? Nobody would care if nobody knew, and nobody would know if the nosy media didn't exist. I didn't know until I saw your posting lol.
@HawaiiGopher (1009)
• Belgium
26 Oct 11
I think the criticism of politicians spending so much is more to do with the plutocracy we're living in. I mean, when they do things like that, it just becomes blatantly obvious that they can't really relate to the average American's life. They're free to spend their money as they wish, but we're also free to criticize their choices. 
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@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
26 Oct 11
If it weren't for us, they wouldn't HAVE that money, so really, we ought to stiff them entirely. People should only make what they can make on their own. Stealing from taxpayers and using any of that money on PERSONAL expenditures is wrong. If they are doing nothing for me that directly benefits me, then I owe them nothing, not one red cent. If they make that money on their own merits and NOT from taxpayer funds, then it's their own business.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
25 Oct 11
Hey, I've made a living telling people what to do with their money! (But only when they asked!) I do have to be careful sometimes to quit spouting off advice when I'm not asked just because I give it so often otherwise.
All that aside, I totally agree. It's no one's business how anyone else handles their money, just like it's no one else's business where one chooses to live or what kind of work one does.
) I do have to be careful sometimes to quit spouting off advice when I'm not asked just because I give it so often otherwise.
All that aside, I totally agree. It's no one's business how anyone else handles their money, just like it's no one else's business where one chooses to live or what kind of work one does.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
26 Oct 11
i think no one has the right to say anything when it is not asked (pertaining to unsolicited advice). but it becomes a problem in situations where someone pesters another person with money when he or she had money but wasted it on unnecessary luxuries and things, or had mismanaged his or her wealth and resources. one cannot blame another for giving advice in these situations. 
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
26 Oct 11
If someone asks you for help or something, then they don't have the right to get angry if your advice is something they didn't want to hear. I RARELY ask for advice and if I do, I am careful whom I ask. Some people aren't careful, they will ask just about anybody. If someone doesn't ask, I try not to offer unsolicited comments regarding their situation lol.
I had a friend once who wanted me to help her budget but it turned out she just wanted to APPEAR that way, she didn't actually want to spend her money on her bills first, and so she didn't. She had good intentions but it never worked out that way.... what could I say, it wasn't my money but then afterwards I didn't feel sorry for her, I told her she could have paid her bills first but instead she took her daughters to the nail salon and bought scratch tickets.... and then she didn't have enough to pay for other things.
@sheetal2900 (336)
• India
25 Oct 11
Hello my dear friend people can do anything thing with their money because it is their issue what they should do with their money then too i think people must fulfilling their needs first then their status, and secondly money has became so much important that without money people could not do anything and once they get money they will use as per their needs
