Jim Corbridge's Weekly dose of reality.

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I've been looking at the news lately, and I swear rich people have so much money now, they don’t even spend it. They just stack it. Like Lego bricks. Like they building’ a tower to heaven so they can tell God, “Hey, we bought the place.”

Meanwhile, regular people out here are playing financial Twister. Rent due, petrol tank empty, and your child just came home talking ‘about a school trip that costs more than your car payment! Have you ever tried to explain inflation to a six-year-old? “Sorry honey, we can’t go to Disneyland because Mickey Mouse has stock options now.”

And these billionaires! They have yachts so big, they need parking spots in the ocean. Have you ever seen a yacht with a helicopter pad? That’s not a yacht, that’s a Bond villain starter kit!

But here’s the reality: They tell us, “We’re job creators.” Job creators!?  My Son's mate has three jobs and still can’t afford the sandwich he makes at one of them! You created jobs alright jobs that pay in exposure and trauma.

And the politicians? Oh, they love rich folks. They treat billionaires like endangered species. “Don’t tax them, they’re fragile!” Fragile? Man, if I had a billion dollars, I’d be so strong I’d bench press Westminster; 

Meanwhile, the rest of us out here trying to survive on hope and instant noodles. Global stability? Hell, the only thing stable is my overdraft fee. That thing shows up like clockwork “Hello, Mr. Corbridge, we noticed you tried to buy toothpaste. That’ll be £35.”

But you know what really gets me? They have space programs. Not governments,billionaires! Rich people so bored, they looking at Mars like, “Hmm… needs a golf course.” Meanwhile, I’m just trying to get my phone bill paid before it turns into a hostage situation.

So yes, the gap’s getting wider. Rich folks on one side, the rest of us on the other, shouting across like, “Hey! Can you hear me?” And they just wave, toss us a coin and fly off in a rocket shaped like their ego!


 That is the Reality.


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