Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris Losing TheirGood Looks? )

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OH YEAH - Dan has too many Ferrari's too.  He should also send one to  

poor, pitiful, Ferrariless me.

Scottie

On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:03 PM, Dan Warlick wrote:

Steve,

That was fucking beautiful, worth copying and saving as a word doc.  

That my

friend is EXACTLY what this country is about. ....BTW, it's time to  

trade me

the 512TR for a red/tan 512M.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris Losing
TheirGood Looks? )

Ric:

You reminded me of something with this post.

You guys wanna know why three of the cars in my garage are a 328,  

512TR,

and
an F40?

I grew up in a low-income family. I rarely got new clothes - we  

always got

them af thrift stores. My mom had no shame in it, and neither did  

I. I'm

still not ashamed. I grew up in rental houses and learned to drive  

on a

used
car. I grew up very happy.

When I was in high school, I had a torn-out page from a car magazine
showing

Ferrari's new 328 GTS taped to the inside door of my locker. During  

every

break between periods, I would go to my locker, open the door, get my
book(s) for my next class, look at that red/tan 328 GTS, and promise
myself

that I would buy one before I turned 40. I also realized that I  

better try

my hardest next period if that was ever gonna happen, because  

nobody else

was gonna get it for me.

When I was an undergrad student (tuition paid for by low-income Pell
grants,

scholarships, and Stafford Loans), I had a photo of the white Miami  

Vice

TR

taped above my desk in my dorm room. Every time someone would stick  

their

head in my room and say "Come on, Steve! Let's go party!" I would  

look up

at

the TR for inspiration and say "Sorry, guys - I have to study."  

That TR

poster had been upgraded to a red/tan 512TR poster by the time I
graduated.
I swore to myself that I would own one before I turned 40.

When I went to grad school in 1994 (also on scholarships and Stafford

Loans), I placed a page that I removed from a car calendar that  

showed red

F40 above the desk in my apartment. At 1AM, 2AM, 4AM, etc., I would  

stare

at

that F40 as motivation to stay awake and work on my assignments. I  

didn't

sleep much for those two years - and I stared at that photo A LOT.

After some entrepreneurial success, in 1997, I bought a red/tan 328  

GTS.

In

2000, after selling my second company, I bought a red/tan 512 TR.  

In 2004,

after co-founding my third company, I bought an F40. I've also  

owned a

Mondial and have a 348 Spider and Maserati, but EVERY time I get  

into the

328, the 512, or the F40 - I am transported to my locker, my dorm  

room,

and
my college apartment. And I literally feel like a kid again.

Some people have asked do I feel bad that I didn't "party" more in  

high

school or college. Aww... I missed out on a few years of partying.  

Boo

hoo.
But in return, I get many more decades of financial freedom, travel,

comfort, and driving pretty much any car I want. I missed the short- 

term

party, but I'm still hanging out at the after party. :)

Is it selfish for me to feel like I worked hard for what I have,  

and not

want to share that with the long-haired stoners who sat next to me in
biology (my high school was filled with Jeff Spicolis), who are STILL
pumping gas for a living?

I love the American dream. I'm an immigrant (ok... from  

Australia... but

still) from a poor family who put myself through college, started

businesses, hired employees, paid taxes, and am still doing more of  

the

same.

But the American dream is quickly becoming the Marxist dream. And  

I'm not

going to let Joe Biden to tell me I'm actually being "patriotic" by  

paying

my "fair" share. I've paid more than my fair share for a very long  

time. I

got audited for tax year 2003, and after 14 months and $9K in  

attorney and

accountant fees, the IRS sent me a letter saying "Well, what do you  

know!

You filed your tax return correctly and don't owe any additional  

tax for

that year!" No kidding. I've never cheated on my taxes, and I never  

will.

But I'm not going to pay a red cent more than I have to, either.  

And if

you

think I'm gonna sit idly by and watch Obama Hood and his band of  

Merry Men

take from the industrious and give to the couch-potatoes, you got  

another

thing coming. :)

My heart belongs to America... But my assets will soon be singing the
Cayman
national anthem (are there steel drums in that?)

SJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Ric Rainbolt [mailto:ricrainbolt [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:51 PM
To: Steve Jenkins
Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris  

Losing

Their
Good Looks? )

At 05:50 PM 11/12/2008, you wrote:

I fully agree our system is not fair and it really is a form of  

charity

to a large extent, no question.  It seems the arguments here are  

based

on just the numbers, but what is missing here is any compassion for

your fellow man.  Sure I work hard to provide for my family and I  

worry

about their financial security and future but I also recognize  

that I

live in a society with other people and reading this I recall an old

adage my parents used to tell me: "the world needs ditch diggers  

too"...

And therein is the basis of the problem. This is a worldwide  

epidemic of

misconception, IMHO.

Compassion for my fellow man is NOT to support someone who doesn't  

bother

to

get an education, or bother to not drink beer that costs more than  

his

gross
wages. Is it MY fault that he's a ditch digger?
Perhaps I spent years honing my profitable technical skills while he
skipped

school and drank his way into his situation? Now I'm literally  

robbed to

pay
for his misdeeds or lack of proactive foresight.

It should for ME to decide when to allow the gift of charity to  

emanate

from
MY compassion. I do NOT want to have money taken BY FORCE by large

bureaucracy and given willy-nilly to whoever makes up the best boo- 

hoo sob

story. I've lived around and worked with MANY fully able-bodied
individuals
that were taking money from the system via systematic fraud (workmans
comp,

Medicare, etc.). Then there's the whole part about federal funding  

for all

kinds of crap that I would NEVER EVER support if given a choice in  

the

matter. I give many thousands to charities each year... ones of MY
choosing.

There is NO charity in someone taking my money to give to someone  

else

(and

in many cases, keep some for themselves for being so righteous).  

That's

playing shift-the-burden-of-my-guilt complex. Far too common.

RR

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:40:16 -0800 (PST)