I’m not good at math, so I just call everyone marklar.

You’re missing the point completely. Op is blaming other people for his/her lack of income. It’s not other people’s responsibility to provide you with an income. You have to do what it takes to provide it. There are people who sit around and blame others for their circumstances in life, and there are others who just do what it takes. At some point, when you’re an adult, you have to start taking responsibility for yourself. As I stated in another comment, I’ve seen addicts go from homeless to very successful because they learned to stop blaming others for their circumstances and start accepting responsibility for themselves.

Life is easier now than it’s ever been, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Life is still hard. You have to be willing to work, and do what it takes to get what you want.

It doesn’t matter what any job pays. If you work hard, the you should be able to make more. That may mean getting more hours because you’re worth it. It may mean moving up and getting a raise. It may mean working 2 or 3 jobs.

I’ve started several jobs at minimum wage, but I’ve never made minimum wage for more than a month. I work hard at everything I do, whether I like it or not. I’ve also worked 3 jobs, and been homeless. I’m not homeless anymore, and it’s not because I whined about not making enough money. It’s because I busted my ass and made myself indispensable.

The opportunities are out there. They’re not going to come knocking at your door. You have to get out there, work hard, and find them. There was a time when that was just common sense. I just don’t understand why people think they should just be handed opportunities.

I’m saying that op said they can’t get more than 25 hours at $15/hour. My point was that there are tons of jobs out there. They are the one standing in their own way, but blaming someone else. It’s a common thread that I’ve seen in the wake of the pandemic. I don’t know what the root cause of it is, but it’s frustrating to see people limit themselves, but have the complete inability to accept their own role in their circumastances.

I’m a recovering alcoholic. It’s a very common issue among addicts to blame everyone for their own shortcomings. It’s just sad to see this character flaw spreading to society in general.

As a recovering alcoholic, I’ve seen people that had lost everything and become homeless due to addiction. They are starting over with a huge deficit, yet manage to get sober, get a job, then a better job, then become profoundly successful. That’s why it frustrates me to see people without the huge burdon of addiction fall into the same gutter of thinking that their position in life is someone else’s fault. It’s a very bad place to be mentally. I’ve said for years that I think everyone should go through rehab. It does what the schools don’t seem to do anymore. It teaches you how to take control of your own life, stop blaming others, and get out of the way of yourself.

I would love to get an employee that would work more than 25 hours a week. I struggle to get any employees at all. Anyone willing to work can have all the hours they want. I’m currently working 80 hours a week because I can’t find any reliable help. I know lots of business owners who are in the same predicament. There are so many job openings and so few people to fill them.

Equality should be in protection of rights. People are not equal, and never will be. They should have equal rights, though.

Steve Vai is a better guitarist than I am. He shouldn’t have his fingers broken so that we both have equal ability to play the guitar.

Trying to make people equal in every way is evil. It only brings the best in every field down to the level of the worst, since there’s no way to bring everyone up to the level of the best in every field.