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Originally posted by sammyg2
Most of the wealthy people I know are wealthy for a reason. They are smart and responsible. Not only with money, but in all aspects of life. Get good grades, go to college, work hard and graduate, get a job and do well instead of partying every night, move up the ladder.
Most of the poor people I know are poor for a reason, they make stupid decisions based on emotion rather than logic, and they are irresponsible. Drop out of school, get a meanial job, call in sick, show up late, get fired, get another low pay job, barely make it on just enough effort to get by, blame it on the man or who ever.
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We all profess to love freedom, but true freedom must also include the freedom to fail. Why are we offended when free adults make willfull decisions that result in economic failure?
If you want to "level the playing field" by improving the educational prospects for the poor I'm all for it. The problem is that too many people view poverty and debt as some sort of stigmata foisted upon the poor by the wealthy. It is not.