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Originally Posted by Oilguy";p="
Did you ever stop to think that being poor in America is a choice?
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For some perhaps who just don't care, but to claim that all poor Americans have chosen that lifestyle (which you seem to be implying) is just plain ridiculous and deserves nothing less than a tomato in the face.
My 83 year old grandpa dropped out of high school during the depression to help support his family, joined the merchant marines in WW2, demilitarized ships in Yokohama after the war, worked two jobs all his life, never truly retired, and still now works as a crossing guard for school kids.
Now, I don't know for sure (I've never asked him), but I'm pretty sure that,
if he had a choice, he would have chosen a different lifestyle.
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I have seen so many posts that seem imply that poverty in America is genetic... or inherent...
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I call BS... show us some examples. I can't recall ever seeing a post claiming poverty is genetic, let alone many.
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I wish people would take personal responsibility for their actions and decisions >> Not be victims with their hand out asking the representatives to rob me so that they can get my money.
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Did it ever occur to you that a great deal of those leaving below the poverty line refuse to accept welfare? That some of these good folks prefer to take personal responsibility and work multiple jobs just to be able to say they are independent? Can you really be so naive to believe that everyone living below the poverty is reliant in one way or another on public welfare? Please say you're not.
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Did the rich get rich by luck?
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I think many do. Paris Hilton comes to mind.
Sometimes. People who win the lottery would probably say it is.
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Could it be that they searched for information and made informed decisions and worked hard and smart to get where they are??
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You mean all of them? I don't think Paris has ever searched for anything besides drugs and condoms. And I think her idea of an informed decision is looking up the name of the DJ before choosing which club to go to. So no, I don't think they
all got where they are that way, but certainly many of them did.
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Does that make them evil?
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Of course not. Looking down on the poor as lazy and useless makes them evil...if that's the kind of thing they do.
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Personally, I think poverty in America is a decision.
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That's the way I think about ignorance.