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.Maybe in total
But there are ponds across the country that were once abundant with fish and are now barren
Those with the ability to move to another pond do so, leaving those without the resources behind.
Conservatives will point to the inner cities but it also includes rural America where once abundant forms of income have gone.
It is not compassion to stick a gun in your neighbor's side, take $100 out of his wallet and give it to a homeless guy on the sidewalk. It's not even compassion if you take $50 out of your own wallet at the same time.Conservatives in America - "I work hard for what I have, and so should you. If you choose not to, don't come crying to me to about why you don't have anything".
Liberals in America - "I work hard for what I have, it's ok if you don't. If you choose not to, we will take conservatives money and give it to you".
And this is why Democrats are so successful it buying votes. They managed to ruin an entire race of people by the principle above. And now are well into ruining another whole set of the population to make them as bad as the first people they ruined.
"Teach a man to fish and all he'll want to do is go fishing."I look at it as…
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life
But what happens when all the fish in your pond are gone?
Which doesn't always mean a fish will be caught worth eating."Teach a man to fish and all he'll want to do is go fishing."
My young daughter once asked me "Are we poor?". At that time, we were but she had no way of knowing it. I grew up in the 1940's when almost everyone I knew was poor. It didn't bother us as that was just life as we knew it.There will always be poverty because poverty is relative. You are only as poor as someone else is rich. Our poor are wildly wealthy compared to the poor of the world.
Indeed, my Ma would tell me about people living in holes in the ground because they were still so poor from the 1930s.My young daughter once asked me "Are we poor?". At that time, we were but she had no way of knowing it. I grew up in the 1940's when almost everyone I knew was poor. It didn't bother us as that was just life as we knew it.
In a book I was reading a family was so poor that they put pieces of newspaper around the windows where drafts would come in. The father was doing this chore when the son said "what do poor people do to stop the drafts when they have no newspaper?"My young daughter once asked me "Are we poor?". At that time, we were but she had no way of knowing it. I grew up in the 1940's when almost everyone I knew was poor. It didn't bother us as that was just life as we knew it.
We have tried to give good advice, but it falls on deaf ears most of the time. People like IM2 tell us not to tell black people how to live their lives. Oh well.Now, I know a lot of folks are shamers and shiftless but many folks are just confused and undisciplined in their lives and mistakes are made, but yous guys and yer attempts to put down black people is a shame and you should use that energy to teach them a better way to live..
No, people like IM2 are only interested in your financing their lives. They have no interest in your opinions.We have tried to give good advice, but it falls on deaf ears most of the time. People like IM2 tell us not to tell black people how to live their lives. Oh well.
Thankfully most cities were filled with large old houses that rented cheaply. I remember visiting relatives that lived in such houses and was amazed at all the room they had. These were 'flats', not apartments per se so they had an entire floor to live in. I also remember my dad pressing money into my great uncle's hand as we left from our visits.Indeed, my Ma would tell me about people living in holes in the ground because they were still so poor from the 1930s.
/----/ True dat.Which doesn't always mean a fish will be caught worth eating.
The statement you make is true for some people. those statements were made to varying degrees when taxes were rising over the last 60 years or so in newspapers. You would always see in the paper local page... besides it's only a dollar a week average.... besides it's only a few dollars a week average.... besides its only.... The point is these taxes are part of thousands of smaller innocuous ones to major extractions from people. And they have added up. Tell the state, local and federal governments to remove the smaller ones. The poor, the working poor and the lower middle class will thank you.So out of all the recipients who got a payment that probably wouldn't cover two months of my family bills, one person blew the money on a trip to Miami.
So what did the rest do?
We would stuff our shoes with cardboard to cover the holes until we could afford to get them 're-soled'. It was ok until it rained, then our feet would be soaked. It wasn't unusual to have a pair of shoes re-soled several times.In a book I was reading a family was so poor that they put pieces of newspaper around the windows where drafts would come in. The father was doing this chore when the son said "what do poor people do to stop the drafts when they have no newspaper?"