The sad thing is that while he was able to earn $1,500 per month, he apparently didn't invest into anything. No financial planning as if he can do this job forever. Sure he must have known stories what's going on and could prepare for this possibility. I don't understand why he didn't.
In absence of money, he would be unable to help the relative. The reason why he helped is because it's human to do so. The reason why that was an option is because he had money.
Because it was expensive and it goes against his pride to pay so much money for something he can do himself. Maybe he cared a lot about his self-image as a self-sufficient most-definitely-not-a-spoiled-rich person.
His lifestyle is nothing extravagant. When I said that he's unable to support his lifestyle, I suppose I should have said that he's soon going to be unable to support living at all, without being on welfare, if he doesn't change professions.
So many things could have happened, not everyone is able to save up. Also, it's irrelevant - either you want to help or not. Discussing the "impossibility" of his situation is not yours to judge, seriously.
It's a question of focus. He is desperately poor: he's completely broke. He has talents that he needs to focus on making money. My assumption was that he still wants to be an entrepreneur: he needs to learn how to bootstrap on minimal cashflow.
This seems like a cart before the horse situation. If someone was willing to invest in Grand to educate him to program, why would they also not invest in his overall wellbeing? Why did he have to be continue to be homeless to accomplish this if he had someone helping him out?
I'm playing with his dilemma more than anything else, but you could also attack his assertion that the competent don't need his wealth. His children could be competent and unlucky, for instance, which could mean they need a lot of money: chronic illnesses, for example.
I think your comment is appalling. How the hell would you know he is living beyond his means? Maybe there are perfectly legitimate reasons he can't take on extra work. Maybe he is dealing with illness and medical expenses or God knows what.
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