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Originally Posted by asmom
May I ask, how old are you? You seem to have a very immature view of the poor.
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I am 38 yrs old. My view of the poor is from watching all the poor people around me in my life suck the life out of the system the government has in place and anyone who has the compassion to help them out.
I am not talking about people who are mentally challenged or have a disability. I am talking about those people in society that think the system owes them something. I am talking about those people who somehow have money to do things like smoke, drink, gamble, or any nonessential expense when they choose not to work another job or a better paying job.
Obviously throwing a blanket over all poor people is wrong on my part. How are they the best budgetors in the country? They have debt too. My neighbors growing up had more junk cars in their yard because they couldn't afford to fix them...not one that I know of was ever paid for with cash.
I am sorry if that is immature of me, but I have formed this opinion by watching those less fortunate around me. Of all the poor people I ever knew, not 1 works more than 40 hrs/ wk.
OMG this is America and people risk their lives to get here to make a better life for themselves. It just burns me when people give the poor some sort of excuse card and ask the government to give them more of what they didn't earn!