What that fuckity fuck kind of retarded family (1) lets the mass media tell their idiotic story of how they're living paycheck to paycheck on $150,000/yr in freakin' NEBRASKA and (2) expects us to give a rat's ass about their situation when 98+% of the families in the United States would gladly be in their financial situation?
The fucking imbeciles known as The Schuetts, that's who.
Over the fold layeth the tiny violins, serenading.
This is ridiculous; it's almost got to be a hacked page... or straight from The Onion.
From an article at Money magazine's online site, hosted by CNN.com:
Digesting that fact becomes harder when you consider that the Schuetts earn a comfortable living, with Amy, 39, pulling in $150,000 a year as a hospital psychiatrist. True, their income did take a big hit last summer when Brian got laid off from his job as a sales rep for a pharmaceutical firm (he'd been making a base salary of $82,000 a year, plus commissions as high as $24,000).
Waaaah.
The Schuetts don't have any child-care bills (Brian is now a stay-at-home dad). They don't have credit-card debt. They don't splurge on fancy vacations. And they live in a nice but definitely not luxurious home on a three-acre plot in Elkhorn, Neb., just west of Omaha, where the cost of living is, well, livable.
Yet, says Amy, "We live from one paycheck to the next, we're struggling to save and we never seem to have enough money to do anything fun."
It's a statement that an awful lot of Americans can make these days. About two-thirds of families need their next paycheck to meet their living expenses, according to a recent survey by the American Payroll Association.
3 acres. No credit card debt. You're "struggling?" I'm so sure that their situation is representative of the U.S. families referred to. Right.
To be fair:
And they do have four daughters to raise, ages four to nine.
Oh. That makes up for everything.
Boo fuckin hoo, Amy and Brian Schuett, you douchebags.
Did I mention that you and your husband can go fuck yourselves? And I mean that, sincerely. STOP FUCKING EACH OTHER AND START FUCKING YOURSELVES. Quit spawning - you're totally fucking up the gene pool... with your inability to... wait wait wait. I don't want to ruin the surprise.
Here:
A closer look at the Schuetts' finances reveals, for example, that a big chunk of their income is eaten up by two rental properties. Brian purchased them thinking they'd generate extra income, but he has yet to find tenants. Even when the properties are finally occupied, the area's softening rental market probably won't allow them to make enough to cover carrying costs.
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Ok.
You have TWO MOTHERFUCKING RENTAL PROPERTIES. NO ONE IS LIVING IN THEM. YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT THAT YOU SHOULD SELL THE FUCKING THINGS, NOW THAT YOUR HUSBAND LOST HIS MOTHERFUCKING JOB?!
You miserable, spoiled twats.
Wait.
This is the kicker:
Last year, for instance, Brian's parents gave the Schuetts a horse named Red for their kids to ride. They think it will cost a few hundred dollars a month to feed and care for the animal, and they're willing to give up ballet lessons and gymnastics classes for the girls to pay for it.
The trade-off is worth it, says Brian, because "the kids so love having a horse."
In fact, Amy has already got a name if they get a second horse: Buttercup. "We'll probably have to wait a while for that," says Brian. "We've got another beast to tame first."
Oh, I see. You ALREADY HAVE a GODDAMNED PONY AND YOU WANT A SECOND GODDAMNED PONY?
Gaaaaah! Gaaaaaaaaah! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
[tearing out own hair]
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Jesus H. Christ. I'm speechless. This is the slice of Americana that we're supposed to care about, according to the Schuetts, Money magazine and CNN?
What a pathetic commentary on these people that our mainstream media serves.
Cry me a river. Whiny pissbags - the lot of them.
[gives them all the finger]