Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Zuko wrote:So anyone saying it's because of pure laziness is full of ****. Training yourself in a field that now doesn't even accept you really hurts I must say. Not in an emotional sense but the fact that outside of engineering I know practically nothing. And no one wants to hire someone who knows nothing about what they do. Would you believe I'm so desperate for work that I applied for a janitorial position at the local high school? They said no because I had never worked in a position like that.
Predaprince wrote:Because we live in a democratic, capitalistic country.
Given the fact that we are not founded on an economy that follows communism, we do not all make the same amount of money and, hence, by comparision, there are those who make so less amounts of money as others that they are considered to be within the poverty realm.
It is true that there are those who are lazy or who do not care to get out of the poverty level, but that is not the cause of their poverty, but an effect of their poverty. It is only by a slight chance that those who are born and are raised in a family that is already in the poverty level will have the dreams, drive, and opportunities to raise themselves out of it.
ScorpoMax wrote:Predaprince wrote:Because we live in a democratic, capitalistic country.
Given the fact that we are not founded on an economy that follows communism, we do not all make the same amount of money and, hence, by comparision, there are those who make so less amounts of money as others that they are considered to be within the poverty realm.
It is true that there are those who are lazy or who do not care to get out of the poverty level, but that is not the cause of their poverty, but an effect of their poverty. It is only by a slight chance that those who are born and are raised in a family that is already in the poverty level will have the dreams, drive, and opportunities to raise themselves out of it.
As I remember, communism had it's own way of making people poor (or at least make them live poor), if not even poorer.
I mean yeah, a lot of other people are just lazy. You also have to remember though that this world we live in can be a very cruel place where only the fittest survive, and even the most hardworking, talented person can fail simply for not being lucky enough.
In theory any financial disaster can be averted through planning and forethought, but sometimes the thinking required just isn't humanly possible.
Y'know, the "laziness" part probably explains why America has to rely on illegal immigrants for work even though we've got so many homeless people wandering around our cities.
Stormrider wrote:Screambug wrote:I'm talking about poverty here.
How do some people end up (and sometimes, stay) penniless?
I say procrastination.
Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
Loki120 wrote:There was a documentary somewhere that we had talked about in my sociology class. Basically, they had given a homeless man $100,000. Within three months, the man had spent every penny and was back on the streets.
It was interesting to say the least.
Ribdasca wrote:One word.................Capitalism!!!!
ScorpoMax wrote:Y'know, the "laziness" part probably explains why America has to rely on illegal immigrants for work even though we've got so many homeless people wandering around our cities.
Venomous Prime wrote:ScorpoMax wrote:Y'know, the "laziness" part probably explains why America has to rely on illegal immigrants for work even though we've got so many homeless people wandering around our cities.
We don't rely on illegal immigrants. If anything we are getting screwed over by them. The Americans that need jobs can't get them because the illegals are working for less then minimum wage, and employers love that because that means more money in their pocket.
My brother and I were born into poverty. We had bills put in our names when we were younger because my mom's credit was so bad that most utility companies wouldn't even offer her service.
Which in turn really screwed my credit over.
I am nowhere near lazy though. I work hard, but the truth is, employers don't want to hire someone with no experience.
I finally got a job at a dollar store, and ended up quitting(very personal issue there, so don't even ask about it). There was no possible way I could stay working there a day longer then I did.
There's an old saying that describes America, it always has and it always will..The rich get richer and the poor get more poor.
The only exceptions are celebrities that waste all their money and go bankrupt.
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