Being Poor by John Scalzi
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being poor is bitching instead of doing
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(Sep 4 05, 12:38)
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wooooooOOt! Sorry - but I gotta agree with that a bit.
- yes being poor blows.
What I read about being poor in the first post of this thread reminds me of when I was growing up.
I shared a small room with my 3 brothers (2 sets of bunkbeds)... I had to work to eat all through school - basically I did dishes, handed out food, made sure the kitchen was stocked - that kind of shit... while the rest of the kids on the other side watched me and about 5 other folks doing the same thing... so we could eat. (this is only part of the things I CHOSE to do as a kid to eat and make money)..
... but! BUT! since that 'down on our luck' 16+ years of growing up - shit has changed for everyone in my family.
I own my own lil business - make plenty of cash (because I get out there and make sure people know me - know what I can do etc - aka - work.)
My dad is since retired - and is a millionaire a couple times over. My mom owns a ranch in california - my brothers are all working blah blah blah...
... all I'm saying is that you don't have to be poor in America if you don't want to... but you do need to know how to not be poor - aka - have a marketable skill... be able to take care of yourself etc.
UNDERSTAND THAT SHIT HAPPENDS - this is why my parents lost everything when I was a kid - 'shit happened'. Bank took our house - everything shitty you can imagine happened without a natural disaster to blame.
That all comes with education and patience - both of which require discipline. And that is where I think America is failing - lack of education & self discipline.
Lack of discipline, always expecting hand-outs because we're 'in' America has to stop.
People rely on poverty systems to maintain their lives - poverty systems that are weak at that. People need education on self preservation in this country. They need to stop looking to people for handouts - and instead learn how live w/out poverty system - which is so easily doable in this country.
'Knowing how' is the most valuable 'hand-out' anyone can receive. I think if America focuses on educating these people - alot of the poverty systems would be eliminated (of course you can't eliminate stupidity).