HRHR and Gumunderfoot are asked to be interviewed a series of questions by a group of Sydney uni students studying economics. And the professor is asking the questions.
the students are told hrhr. Is bipolar lives with parents and is on disability $2000 a month and no assets. And gum foot is in IT earns 200 k a year, lives on the north shore and drives a Mercedes.
who’s life would u rather have?
they all say they want gum under foot
the professor asks. Who has more money.
The students laugh and say gum tree of course !
the professor says are you sure ?
he then asks who has more debt the students talk amongst themselves and say well gum must have a mortgage a car etc so gum tree must have more debt.
the professor say correct. Gum has 500k debt while hrhr has zero debt.
the professor then asks who has more disposable income?
they find this question hard to say but after long discussion they all agree that gum has more disposable income.
the professor laughs and says are you sure ? Students say yes.
he then tells them after gum pays all his bills, all his money he spends on fancy clothes that he has only $1000 a month dispoable whilst hrhr has 2000$
the students are in awe. the professor says so who would you rather be? They all say gum no one says they want to be hrhr
the professor then says ok I’ll put this to you. We have had covid and many ppl were affected.
now let’s say covid hits gum under foot and he loses his job and can’t pay for his bills , mortgage. And has no money for food, he can either get assistance from the government which would mean his 200k is now gone. Or he could try find another job to cover his bills. Hey he man even turn to illegal stuff because he needs to do what ever he can to feed his family.
the students agree with this.
then the professor says now what happens to hrhr if covid affects him?
they think and can’t give an answer.
the professor says covid does not affect him one bit. He has no debt. He gets guaranteed income from the government for the rest of his life. He has money for food cause that’s all he needs. And if inflation goes up , his pension is increased according so it’s doesn’t matter how high inflation goes he will always have money to pay for things.
the professor said now who would you want to be? Hrhr or gum under foot.
Half said hrhr half said gum
he then said but before you all wanted to be gum under foot, now half of you say you want to be hrhr.
so he asked the people why did you change to hrhr, and they said because he doesn’t have to work 10 hours a day. He can spend all his time with his family. He has no debt
he is care free. Why would I want to work 5 days a week to buy fancy cars and clothes when we can just have a Toyota Corolla. We don’t need a $100 shirt. We can wear a $5 one
the professor said , and that is a valuable lesson in life. Do not assume someone has a better life based on what you see.
