Quote: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.

 

Yes, because we all know selling an Xbox is going to fetch enough money to feed a family.  Same goes for the flat screen tv!  Nope, poor people should have to live as poor as possible and sell their possessions (which will only be a limited source of money for a limited period of time).  Poor people aren't allowed to have luxuries according to you.  They should just sell everything they've got.  That'll solve everything.

 

So going by your standards... those who are starving DESERVE to be starving, because they don't work hard enough (even though some of them work multiple jobs just to try to put food on the table, and get the bills paid).  They don't "earn"  their paychecks because they aren't climbing the ladder like you did.  Cause you know, there's not limited positions in management or assistant management or anything.  

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