@ JFC - Allow me to give my 2 cents on the poverty issue that you brought up.

 

...and I'm including EVERYBODY no matter the skin color or background.

 

There is not enough State or Federal money that can be given to get people out of poverty that don't really want to get out of poverty...They are lazy.  Poverty comes from within and can only be overcome from within.

 

Get a damn job.  Jobs are available...maybe not the one you WANT, but they are available.

 

I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth...and I don't have one today.  But I'm not poor.

 

I've worked since I was 13 years old, first pouring concrete for a Mexican guy.  Next, working at a grocery store as a stock boy and bagger.

 

That wasn't working out for me, because I felt like I wasn't making enough money...so I joined the Navy.  I wasn't making enough money in the Navy either, so I got a side job at a hardware store...so that I could make ends meet.

 

Now, I'm retired Navy and currently Civil Service, making decent money.

 

Never once in my "poor years" did I ever ask for a handout from anybody...I worked for what I have and earned every bit of what I have.

 

That's how we fix "poverty".  Get off your [BLEEP] and get a job...or two.

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