America is ANGRY. Very ANGRY. And while the media spends its time bashing the politicians, I spent some time talking to my peers - every one a middle aged man/middle class millionaire (40 - 60 years of age) that is/was the primary or sole provider for their wife and family; remember.... these are MY peers, not society's peers - and I asked them:
"What pisses you off?"
It wasn't the deficit, or their congressman, or the president... nope. What pissed them off was their wife (almost universally) and their kids (about half as much). For the most part, these were the other half... the 50% of marriages that survived... and these guys were none too happy. Far more than half said they would have left their marriages years ago but were terrified that they would be financially destroyed by a divorce.
I asked the obvious: "Do you feel that your wife knows how you feel?"
To which the reply almost always came as: "Are you kidding me? My wife feels entitled to everything. We have a nanny and a cleaning lady... and the kids are in high school or college!... my wife does not make any contribution to my life or to the family... its all about her... my love life is non-existent... and I am stuck here."
When I asked about how bad could a divorce would be, considering what they just told me... the answer was invariably: "Are you kidding? I have worked hard and have been successful. My friend just went through a divorce and the legal fees for both sides totaled $500k. His net worth was only $2 million. After the settlement, alimony, and child support he was left with a few hundred thousand $$$... after a life time of work? I can't believe where I am."
Got that? How is it that a Court would let this happen to a family? Let them lose 25% of their life savings in a divorce proceeding? Is it that hard and complicated to divide up some assets and declare a marriage ended? REALLY??!!
BULLSH#!! The lawyers in that courtroom representing plaintiff and respondent are members of the local legal community that funds nearly the entirety of that judge's political campaign. Its just another payoff.
Our Court System has created a monstrosity, one that served their interests nicely, at the expense of the people... And in serving their interests, they created an entitled class (the non-earning spouse's of professionals and business owners that fund the majority of the system that is oppressing them) of miscreants and a new generation of men that do not wish to marry under any circumstances (and when they do, it is with a 95 page pre-nup agreement) leaving many children to grow up in fatherless homes... among man, many other unintended consequences.
Yet nobody calls these people out onto the carpet. Why? Why is it nobody criticizes our Judiciary? Uneven sentencing, drawn out decisions, tolerating prosecutorial abuse... why does this branch of government get a pass? Don't they matter?
More soon.
The lawyers, alert to the future loss of revenue, have been ensuring their wallets stay fat. One way is by having pre-nups declared null and void by reason of coercion. Yes, if that pre-nup was signed within (arbitrary number subject to change) days of the wedding, it was coerced. This is a beautiful way to get the marks coming and going.
ReplyDeleteAnother way is to broaden the field, get the LGBT crowd into the marriage racket. More lambs to the slaughter.
And of course, there's always child support. It's the new way to put people into debtor's prison.
Given that the majority of politicians are lawyers, do you expect them to do anything against their self-interest? Not a chance.
The MSM has become an instrument of the state, and isn't interested in exposes of that sort.
To control a country, one should seek control of the education, so that the correct view is taught to the young and malleable. The media is another target, the control of information is essential to controlling the population. Finally, those who interpret the law should be the right sort, so that no matter what the law reads, the decisions given are the right ones.
With those three areas covered, control is all but assured. It matters not whether facts or the law is on the other side, they will be ignored, belittled and ruled against. Alles in Ordnung!
Well said, and spot on Tweel!
ReplyDeleteI am a professional making a good living. I was divorced and the total legal fees for both me and my ex were $1,500. We decided how to divide things up and what do do about the kids and child support and then we hired a lawyer (one, not two) to document it. We did not allow lawyers to run the show. High legal fees happen when one or both of the supposed adults are angry ("I'll clean him out before I let him spend anything on his new whore") or when they think are entitled to everything ("I earned all the money, she should get a job a Walmart and support herself and leave me and my new whore alone"). That being said, marriage without a prenup is a bad deal for men of means unless, of course, you are marrying a very rich woman, in which case you wouldn't want a piece of paper intruding on true love.
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