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Apology accepted! Kids can definitely be a money drain.Then I apologize for my assumptions, I tend to view everything through the lenses of those that have kids to spend money on, those darn things are expensive, even when they are grown!
Yes, definitely. Back in the “old days,” poor people lived very modestly of course, but the neighborhoods were safe. It was completely different.
People who do not earn nor have money should Never talk about it here.Well, if you knew me personally, you’d know how honest I am. But I don’t understand why what I’ve told you strikes you as unbelievable. Do you really think I couldn’t afford a $5,000 European cruise once a year? It‘s part of the upper-middle lifestyle that people who earn close to $100,000 can enjoy. Why so doubtful?
It’s called full of shit.You seem awfully aggressive and nosy.
Sadly, that’s true. Back in the old days, if you wanted to better yourself, or just provide as best you could for your family, you worked hard.…often six days a week. And that was before air-conditioning, so it was a long, hot day in a sweatshop.Well that and because there was little in the way of social programs, everybody tried to better themselves which meant people working a lot of hours. Today with social programs as we discussed, they work just enough hours to keep their government goodies, and the rest of the time they spend on the street robbing people, making noise, shootings and so forth. We really can't compare today's poor with those of yesteryear.
Back in the old day poor people were encourage d to become not poor but it was their initiative and responsibility to enact. There was even some (triple gasp pearl clutch) shame associated with the situation.Yes, definitely. Back in the “old days,” poor people lived very modestly of course, but the neighborhoods were safe. It was completely different.
Sadly, that’s true. Back in the old days, if you wanted to better yourself, or just provide as best you could for your family, you worked hard.…often six days a week. And that was before air-conditioning, so it was a long, hot day in a sweatshop.
The other way to better yourself, especially if you were a kid, was to study, study, study so you could get a scholarship to college, rather than goof off on the street corner after school getting into trouble.
Alas, the world has changed in that regard - and not necessarily for the better.
Not sure what you’re saying. Do you mean people who neither earn or have money tend to lie about it here, and pretend they do? Or is it inappropriate to speak about?People who do not earn nor have money should Never talk about it here.
That’s why he can’t believe what you say. Same true for lots of libbie postings.
Government dole and following mandates about how when and where to piss is just not a successful thinker gig.Anytime it changes for the Democrat way it's for the worst as we are experiencing today and have been as time moved on.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: a sense of shame can be a good thing. It’s what’s missing from this country nowadays.Back in the old day poor people were encourage d to become not poor but it was their initiative and responsibility to enact. There was even some (triple gasp pearl clutch) shame associated with the situation.
Now it’s throw money their way and weep about their plight and condemn those who have applied themselves and try and Force money out of them
Thanks for askingNot sure what you’re saying. Do you mean people who neither earn or have money tend to lie about it here, and pretend they do? Or is it inappropriate to speak about?
Not sure if you were in that section of this thread, but it came up that anything under $100,000 didn’t classify as the middle class, and I was trying to inject a dose of reality. I think some liberals have a very skewed idea of what a decent income is.
Well, I sure agree with you there. This thread proves what you say!Thanks for asking
People ranting about the evils of money and the obligation to give it to the poor have no experience in creating wealth, nor even really just simply working for a living , and since they are inexperienced and unfamiliar with money then they don’t know what they are talking about and should not talk.
CorrectI’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: a sense of shame can be a good thing. It’s what’s missing from this country nowadays.
4 or 5 14k living together will work in most places.And back to the thread topic.
$7.25 ($14K yearly) isn't "livable" anywhere in this country.
Lisa here spends more than a third of that on cruises every year.
And oh you say...only a million and a half Americans are trying to make do on minimum wage?
That doesn't include folks making $7.75...or $8/hour does it. Add a few million more to that working poor list
And raising the minimum wage to just $10/hr gives THEM a raise
The market rate is set when the government doesn’t interfere and inflate it artificially.
I myself never had a problem getting employees.
Things are much more expensive now because employers have to offer more money to attract labor. That's kind of the point. All operating costs get passed to us consumers and even if you're making more money, you are no further ahead than when you made less three years ago.
You can't mandate increased wages on only one group of people. It creates a domino effect and everybody makes more money which is why (among other things) inflation is the worst it's been in 30 years.
In 2000, in Michigan, I was 18 and making 9.00/hr. Adjusted for inflation that’s about 13.80/hr today. I had an apartment and a car and enough food to eat. People can live of that if they budget. Not easily, but are we really saying the expectation is that being poor should be easy? Being poor, by definition, means tight budgets and a lack of luxury.
And if you can do it in Michigan, you can definitely do it in Alabama.
Anyway, my point was a $15 minimum wage would be overkill in low income states like Alabama.
Punishing people more doesn't bring positive results. It makes matters worse and America is full of examples of that.The boarding houses are for very low wage workers who for whatever reason has chosen not to take advantage of the wonderful opportunities America offers. We provide Pell Grants for poor people so that they can receive vocational training to better themselves, and move up to the lower-middle class.
But while you can lead a horse to water, you can’t make him drink. So for those who do not wish to improve their market value, we will have modest living arrangements - boarding houses - so they can stay clean, safe, and comfortable.
You simply want us to move more to socialism, but all that does is bring the living standards of the middle class down so that the people who aren’t motivated to do better for themselves have more. That’s a disincentive both to poor people, and to middle income people.
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Punishing people more doesn't bring positive results. It makes matters worse and America is full of examples of that.
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