People are poor because (not what the Leftists tell you).

[Blues Man]

Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class

It has nothing to do with oppression, race, religion, etc.

Follow three simple rules and you will not be poor:

#1) Graduate High School

#2) Get a job

#3) Don't become a single parent.

This is from the LEFT leaning Brookings Institute. One way to pay down debt and improve our budget is to reduce entitlements such as welfare and this is a start.

Today, more than 40% of American children, including more than 70% of black children and 50% of Hispanic children, are born outside marriage.

The above is ridiculous. I would even consider paying young women NOT to have kids until marriage or they can afford it to make sure they don't get on welfare and continue this cycle.

I welcome all your thoughts. Even the crazy Leftist ones.

To an extent you are correct

But your prospects of escaping poverty have decreased in recent decades as the compensation for HS Graduates has decreased as have career advancement opportunities in the workplace

Join the military and they pay for college

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

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It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

So if you go back the shitty neighborhood what do you think will change?

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[White 6]

Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class

It has nothing to do with oppression, race, religion, etc.

Follow three simple rules and you will not be poor:

#1) Graduate High School

#2) Get a job

#3) Don't become a single parent.

This is from the LEFT leaning Brookings Institute. One way to pay down debt and improve our budget is to reduce entitlements such as welfare and this is a start.

Today, more than 40% of American children, including more than 70% of black children and 50% of Hispanic children, are born outside marriage.

The above is ridiculous. I would even consider paying young women NOT to have kids until marriage or they can afford it to make sure they don't get on welfare and continue this cycle.

I welcome all your thoughts. Even the crazy Leftist ones.

And so the right pushes to ban abortions... states with strongest anti abortion laws have most unwed mothers. Ouch.

That would not surprise me a bit. Is it true? Would not feel pissed or slighted with a yes or no from somebody, but would rather have citation or link.

https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/mapping-unwed-motherhood/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d-which-are-enacting-protections/?arc404=true

Thanks for the links. Read them both. I have just been pissed off on another thread for awhile. Abortion is quite often a bad idea, the least of which being the supposedly Christian ethic of people not directly involved at the time. I don't like it, but I think the government should keep their nose out of it, not funding it, but not enforcing draconian measures as a one size penis fits all.

 

[Brain357]

Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class

It has nothing to do with oppression, race, religion, etc.

Follow three simple rules and you will not be poor:

#1) Graduate High School

#2) Get a job

#3) Don't become a single parent.

This is from the LEFT leaning Brookings Institute. One way to pay down debt and improve our budget is to reduce entitlements such as welfare and this is a start.

Today, more than 40% of American children, including more than 70% of black children and 50% of Hispanic children, are born outside marriage.

The above is ridiculous. I would even consider paying young women NOT to have kids until marriage or they can afford it to make sure they don't get on welfare and continue this cycle.

I welcome all your thoughts. Even the crazy Leftist ones.

And so the right pushes to ban abortions... states with strongest anti abortion laws have most unwed mothers. Ouch.

Cite a source, please. You can't just say shit, you've got to cite a source.

Already done, read the thread.

 

[Brain357]

Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class

It has nothing to do with oppression, race, religion, etc.

Follow three simple rules and you will not be poor:

#1) Graduate High School

#2) Get a job

#3) Don't become a single parent.

This is from the LEFT leaning Brookings Institute. One way to pay down debt and improve our budget is to reduce entitlements such as welfare and this is a start.

Today, more than 40% of American children, including more than 70% of black children and 50% of Hispanic children, are born outside marriage.

The above is ridiculous. I would even consider paying young women NOT to have kids until marriage or they can afford it to make sure they don't get on welfare and continue this cycle.

I welcome all your thoughts. Even the crazy Leftist ones.

And so the right pushes to ban abortions... states with strongest anti abortion laws have most unwed mothers. Ouch.

That would not surprise me a bit. Is it true? Would not feel pissed or slighted with a yes or no from somebody, but would rather have citation or link.

Mapping Unwed Motherhood
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d-which-are-enacting-protections/?arc404=true

Thanks for the links. Read them both. I have just been pissed off on another thread for awhile. Abortion is quite often a bad idea, the least of which being the supposedly Christian ethic of people not directly involved at the time. I don't like it, but I think the government should keep their nose out of it, not funding it, but not enforcing draconian measures as a one size penis fits all.

That's about where I am at. It should be avoided as much as possible, but the reality is young people do dumb things and no birth control is 100% effective. I go small government on this one and think they should just stay out of it.

 

[rightwinger]

To an extent you are correct

But your prospects of escaping poverty have decreased in recent decades as the compensation for HS Graduates has decreased as have career advancement opportunities in the workplace

Join the military and they pay for college

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

 

[rightwinger]

Poor people are poor because they are taxed too much?

HELLO earth to winger.

How stupid are you?
How much taxes do you think poor people pay?

Poor people pay a shit ton of Dem taxes, HELLO earth...to...winger.

Name some

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Join the military and they pay for college

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

 

[Brain357]

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

There is a map, but the road is much harder depending on who you are. Sure it's possible, but its getting harder and harder....

 

[Brain357]

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

There is a map, but the road is much harder depending on who you are. Sure it's possible, but its getting harder and harder....

Depends on what you want. First generation labor through and maybe have one kid. Next generation the kid goes to college and third generation they are wealthy. It doesn’t happen over night.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

 

[rightwinger]

Many, many poor people join the military
Most end up in their old neighborhood with no job prospects when they get out

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

White?

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

The mistake they made was going back to the old neighborhood they joined the military to get away from

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

White?

Yes. Jews from the old Soviet Union. Doesn’t mean their road was easy. Don’t dismiss their struggles. The language barrier is difficult to overcome.

 

[Brain357]

It happens
You go back to your friends and family after you get out

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Point is there is a map to get out and all one needs to do is follow it.

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

 

[rightwinger]

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

Worker wages, benefits and job security have diminished since the demise of unions

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

Worker wages, benefits and job security have diminished since the demise of unions

Unions were not all positive they created a lot of issues too.

 

[rightwinger]

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

Worker wages, benefits and job security have diminished since the demise of unions

Unions were not all positive they created a lot of issues too.

Yes they did

But workers were better off with strong unions

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

Worker wages, benefits and job security have diminished since the demise of unions

Unions were not all positive they created a lot of issues too.

Yes they did

But workers were better off with strong unions

Some not all. Example: A restaurant was being built in Boston and the CFO went non union because it was cheaper. Union protested by blocking and distracting but using the union would have cost the owner 2x the amount. Crazy. Unions aren’t all great.

 

[Brain357]

Easy to say

Again my parents came here with $100 and didn’t speak the language. Anything is possible. Don’t be such a sally.

I'd guess it was a very different country then. Sure is different just from when I was a kid.

It was 40 yrs ago not 100. Funny you support small government when it comes to abortion but you support big govt when it comes to minimal wage. I consistently say stay the F out.

When did I say that I support minimum wage? I want to see changes so we have good capitalism again. We need to throw out non competes and do something about all these near monopolies we have. We need to get rid of right to work and unions need to strengthen again. We need to end all this corporate welfare and cronyism. We sure don't need the government meddling around with trade.

Unions are part of the problem not the solution

Yeah and that's how we got here. The republican war on good paying jobs. Remember when repubs told us about how great it would be when unions were gone? Well they are mostly gone and it sucks.