Darkwind
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That needs to be addressed long before the child is even eligible to work. Perhaps not giving kids self-esteem but having them earn it. Who knows.That is not for us to correct. Nor is it our responsibility.This is how spin works.
You say that people don't choose to be poor. No one is making that argument.
However, people are poor because they make poor life choices.
Now tell Me if you understand the difference?
links/stats/etc?
.....some people are just stupid.....they are too stupid to know what to do to not be poor
college grads earn more--plain and simple
Do College Grads Really Earn More Than High School Grads?
...single college grad mothers?
...if they start out ''wrong'''--it is hard to get ''better''' .....my relative's co-workers' cars need fixing--but they don't have the $$$$ to fix them = they can't get to work = one of them got laid off and the other had to quit =cycle not getting better but worse
...getting a loan to pay off a previous loan/etc
According to Wikipedia about 15 - 20% of the populations in the developed World suffer from disabilities, that's obviously a sizable chunk of those in poverty benefits.
Disability and poverty - Wikipedia
My guess is the USA is more on the higher end, merely because of all the maimed veterans the USA created in it's wars.
So, you did not answer My question. Why is that?
We are not responsible for 15 - 20% of the worlds population that is disabled. Just our own.
Name ME one person who does not support a social safety net for those, who through not fault of their own, are disabled to the point of not being able to support themselves.
This ties directly to My first response to this thread. You are making statements against arguments that have not been made. That is called, Spin; particularly when you try to foist it off as a common occurrence in a specific ideology. I just call it lies.
I'm glad to hear you at least are in support of "safety nets" for seriously disabled Americans. Still, people can be disadvantaged in ways that can't be diagnosed by a doctor. Like growing up in a dysfunctional family. They're probably going to turn out dysfunctional adults who struggle to find a place in society, especially if they're male and even more so if they're white and male. The latter category is held to an extremely high standard and are judged more harshly than anyone else by both the political left and the right (who are supposedly the side that represents them). Lefties call maladjusted white boys potential mass shooter incels and the right calls them lazy, entitled millennials.
It's really no wonder so many of them seem to be hopeless and self destructive.
Life gives you a shit hand. Life is hard and not fair.
Be pissed off if it helps, but the simple fact remains. Unless you have a disability that prevents you from earning a living (Having shit parents and a shit life isn't one of them) then you have to get up every day, go to work, and try to advance your life.
I am skeptical of people who say that "well, they have a disability that even a doctor can't diagnose, and they should be given some kind of advantage because of it.
Talk about a set up for abuse.
Slap the fuck upside the head, tell him or her that life isn't fair and that you are not owed anything, and if you want to eat tomorrow, then you better learn to get along and go earn a paycheck.
I'm not necessarily even suggesting handout programs. More like a sense of community and not making people feel like pariahs who have no place where they belong. To me, addressing the lack of unity in this country is an essential component to making America great again.
What I do know is that you must participate in your own life, otherwise it will be a failure.