Quote:@ 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 [BAD WORD REMOVED] and get a job...or two.

Congratulations on all your life achievements but your path to greatness is not available to the next person who has a simple FELONY charge of possession of Marijuana.


The structure of the poverty cycle is systematic. You say go out and get a job, ok someone has a job that pays minimum wage with belove average benefits. Then you say get a education, the person goes out and racks up 10-20k in debt from obtaining their degree while still having to pay for daily life expenses.


In short, it's not as simple as some people make it out to believe. It is currently documented that the same person who work the same job with exact educational degrees but are different races make different incomes, there is no disputing that.

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