The word greed as defined in the dictionary is, excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions. It is sad to think that in a county that claims to be family oriented, is filled with greed. Now that is due to the fact that we have workers from all different states working in our area. Local families born here, live here, work here and spend their money in our local stores, are only making minimum wage and cant afford to live here. You look in our local paper for a place to rent and all you see is Attn: oil and gas, and charge $1500 to $2000 a month for rent. Really?!!!! Now i know I would rent a house in a prestigous area for that, but not on a side street in a rural area that doesnt have only but 1 grocery store, a discount grocery, and a handful of places to eat. Then there are the ones who have made their home in a house, an apartment or a lot that their trailer sits on and are forced to move because the landlord or landowner jacks up the rent so that they can make the all mighty buck off of the ones that have to make a living by coming here to work. SAD SAD SAD!! We have talked to the workers of the oil and gas that work here and they cant afford that either. They have families back home, they have bills and food to buy. Yes they get a per diem for working away from home, but it is minimal. Not only that, this activity is only going to last for a few years after that POOF! GONE! A town in PA did the same thing. Built hotels, resturants and jumped up rent. Then it was gone and a lot of businesses went belly up and now they are paying for the utilities and no one paying them for them on those properties, kinda funny to me. Now we ask, is this what we want, or do we want to keep our parents, kids, grandkids homeless or move in with relatives because of high rent and mortgages? I dont. Its sad to think we have come to GREED!!!!
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:24:09 +0000
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