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And capitalism elevates the poor allowing them to live better in that economyyou miss the point about a first world economy simply being more expensive.Link didn't work for me.
The question is not: What makes poor people poor? It is: Is there any way to avoid being poor?
To paraphrase Ben Shapiro, (1) finish high school, (2) get a job (any job), and (3) don't have kids before you get married. If you do those three things, there is a very small chance you will be poor initially and remain poor.
Many factors can make "middle class" people poor:
Death of a spouse,
Medical bills,
Other personal catastrophe,
Having kids and no husband,
Not having a job,
Substance abuse.
Lord knows, starting life as an "emancipated single adult" today can put you behind the 8-ball. I pity people who don't have any family to help them get started. (Although my family gave me squat).
Glad I'm past that stage of my life.
What's "poor" though? I'll say, I like Dve Ramsey. You can't argue with his methods, they work. I did the financial peace university class. It's a good class. Ate my share of rice and beans, but define "poor". Is it not being able to eat out every night? Most poor people in this country do that. Is not being poor having more then one 50" Flat screen TV? Most poor folks have that in this country. In the US, most poor people check their food stamp balance on their smart phone. Most poor people have cars. When we say "poor" what do we mean?
Being poor in America is being the middle class class in countries like the Philippines...
What the Progressive most likely mean when they scream about the poor is someone that can not buy what they want on a open credit limit while the taxpayer pays for it...
Our poor have it too good in many ways compared to the poor in India, Mexico or China...