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Poverty is a state of mind. There are many poor people who are rich in spirit, and many rich people who have absolutely nothing except wads of dry, moldering cash, but no compassion and no heart.
I'd rather be poor-rich than rich-poor, although I'm neither one nor the other.
Lack of moolah~
by mojo on Sun Feb 06, 05 10:40am
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Most poor people are poor because they were born into that socio-economic circle.
For the small, but growing numbers of people who are becoming poor but weren't born into it, it is often because they were middle class and living paycheck-to-paycheck ... when an unexpected catastrophe comes (lay off, loss of job, medical emergency, etc.), they are one or two paychecks from bankruptcy.
Very true, Cathexis.
Which means that most of us are one catastrophe away from poverty.
Like a great big slide on the dollar??
True, but with the people that weren't born into it and live with middle class families, quite a few of those kids don't preform well in school and are incompetent, a job at McDonalds seems to be their future.
Here it comes, folks. Crunch time.
Cracked - Don't know if that has to do with wealth or lack thereof. More like bad or indifferent parenting and/ or schooling, coupled with sad beginnings, like fractured families or absent dads. It's easy to see how any number of variables can cause despair, which can happen at any socio-economic level, not just to the poor, although it's probably more pronounced among poor people, given that there are fewer prospects laid out for them. If people, even poor people, have any degree of hope, they can usually transcend their so-called economic status.
yeah, but thats one of the main causes why children from middle class family turn out to be poor. True that it can be caused by family problems and tragedies, but its getting increasingly difficult to get a job without a college degree today. At least a good supportive one. Theres exceptions, like the people with natural talents, but if your a high school dropout, your chances of getting a good job even in the middle-upper middle class range is pretty slim. If you lack motivation, you're never going to succeed in life.
When a good education is dependant on having the means to pay for it, results in those who can afford college getting ahead and creating an ever growing gap between the haves and have nots.
Agreed. Motivation is the maker, or, when it's absent, the breaker.
Some of these kids fall through the cracks when they really don't deserve to. Often, they just need someone to believe in them, to show them that it's possible, that they CAN do it. Without that, nothing much is possible.
My laziness could end up leading me to poverty. I was born into a fairly high socieconomic class, I have a good education, I don't spend exorbitantly, and I'm not in debt, but I'm too lazy and unwilling to work.
loss of imcome & setback cannot be considered traits - a trait has to do with our character!
Anyway, I am poor as hell and I guess I'd have to go with "lack of intelligence". I was dumb enough to get married again after one bad marriage and here I am - single again
I'd say it has a lot to do with geographic location, although this isn't a trait.
inferior race
Motivation is the factor. The socio-economic circle excuse is a cop out in my opinion. Trust me, I know. I have several relatives and friends born into that "socio-economic circle". They're not poor now because instead of waiting for handouts, they got up, worked their asses off, didnt listen to the PC crowd, and made something of themselves.
It's not really that impossible going from having one meal a day to having a doctorate degree. Not if wish to work hard.
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