Quote:And how many of those starving people bought those "X-boxes" before they were starving?  How many of those people have kids who need the internet for school, and can't use the public library because they work past five o'clock when the library close?  

 

 

How does one "move up the ladder?"  By knowing the right people.  It's all about who you know.   Hard work?  Some of the hardest workers never move up.  Is it possible to work your way up?  Maybe.  But unless you know the right people, you're probably never going to move up.  Hard work isn't rewarded.  Nepotism certainly is though.  


But no, those people who are working to support their families shouldn't have any 'minimum wage'.  Companies profits are far more important.  After all it's the CEO making millions of dollars who REALLY does the hard work.  Typical conservative.  The poor are 'evil'  and 'greedy' wanting things like internet and an "xbox" and the rich are 'honest hard working people who earned every penny they have'.

 

Wow, I can't believe how much you are so...  determined to get your point across and blame "evil corporations".

 

People bought Xboxes before they are starving?  Perhaps they should sell the XBox so that they have some money to buy food.  It's pretty simple.  Some things in life are "luxuries" and some are "necessities".  An XBox, high speed interenet, a flat screen tv, etc are NOT "necessities".

 

Going up the ladder of success might include "having to know someone" but for the most part it doesn't.  My earliest experience regarding this was a job that I took at Burger King as a teenager.  It was a short period of time when I EARNED the title of a "lead person" because of my ability to grasp how the operation worked.  It wasn't long after that when I EARNED the job and title of "assistant manager".  It had nothing to do with "who I knew" and everything to do with "what I know".

 

Fast-forward to my military life.  I started as an E-1 (the lowest paygrade in the military) and EARNED my way up to E-6 by the time that I left the military.  I climbed that ladder not because of "who I knew" but because of "what I knew/know".

 

I personally recently left a job at a "green" company to take a job as a government contractor entering at the lowest level.  At my personal job, I really have no desire to "climb the ladder" again.  At my age, I'm done "climbing ladders" and just want to do what I do.

 

My point is, the vast majority of those that are in "poverty" and those that are supposedly "starving" put themselves in that position.  They can make a good life for themselves if the really wanted to, but it's not going to be given to them.  They actually have to WORK to get it for themselves.

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