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In reply to the discussion: Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all]DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)207. Well said n/t
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One could entertain the possibility that should so many find the same fault
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#270
Civil discourse is not suggesting fair compensation for mistakes is to live in poverty
CreekDog
Dec 2014
#269
So if someone offers an uncivil opinion in a civil way, we should all just smile and nod?
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#303
Fair enough. I'm not saying civility isn't a good idea - generally it is - but there are exceptions.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#306
Our problem is that we can't hear them when THEY go outside and find that they really
jtuck004
Dec 2014
#258
I've come to discover, any post that starts with 'so', is either a strawman or wild misconstrual.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#288
I don't need to watch anything. I understood post 3 when I read it the first time. Let me know when
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#299
Actually, I'm going to leave my previous response intact, but I'm going to take a step back and try
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#300
Perhaps a bit of irony From the commenter's tagline "one must work hard to remain stupid"
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#29
"Poor people have poor options to choose from" might've been a better way to put it.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#304
Because no middle class person ever had a car towed for something that was her own fault...
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#137
a busybody in my neighborhood called the cops because my window was broken
noiretextatique
Dec 2014
#242
One set of laws (ways) for the rich and another for the poor. Ferguson MO is a good example. The
jwirr
Dec 2014
#132
Your mother was a Republican? Because that's core to conservative beliefs.n/t
jtuck004
Dec 2014
#219
as if rich people don't make poor decisions. the consequences are rather different
unblock
Dec 2014
#13
There are plenty of employerss who will fire people who are down on their luck. They don't want
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#27
Except you keep only talking about situations where it was the poor person's fault
jeff47
Dec 2014
#92
You see it as hateful. Sorry about that. I see it as trying to help & not just commiserate
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#107
If you are being honest, then good day. However, that is an all too common defense mechanism
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#134
Read above. This is ALL the fault of greedy corporations. We are faced with 2 options:
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#148
Been poor, too, and know the strategies you use to get extra money; you don't sound right wing.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#252
I was far from the only pro-labor person who recognized the idiocy of weakening any public union
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#166
I read his words differently. Didn't think they were all that contestable. Surprised at how you got
ancianita
Dec 2014
#273
No. Where you claim to use reading comprehension and yet don't use reading comprehension.
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#122
You claimed the other drivers were poor because they didn't behave the way you did.
jeff47
Dec 2014
#266
Yes there are asshole bosses aplenty who delight in treating their employees
Jake Stern
Dec 2014
#108
In the US at least, it's all about "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps"
alarimer
Dec 2014
#201
Your post reminds me of some ideas that I have regarding alternative prison sentencing that
logosoco
Dec 2014
#19
Yep. Some invest in the design. Strengthening it and sharing in the proceeds.
raouldukelives
Dec 2014
#278
Eventually thhe auto is declared abandoned, the lot owner gets the title, sells it, and profits
aikoaiko
Dec 2014
#25
"So here's the real reason people are poor: They don't have enough money."
unrepentant progress
Dec 2014
#32
If you don't have a smartphone or internet how is it that your posting here now?
tenderfoot
Dec 2014
#44
And publicly funded helping libertarians relay how poor people should behave.
tenderfoot
Dec 2014
#54
I love it when people find the need to tell poor people how they should behave
tenderfoot
Dec 2014
#100
I am not working anymore for "Big Oil", the "Big Three", and the "Big Banks"!
Johnny Rash
Dec 2014
#72
I admire the lengths with which libertarians go to insure that poor people stay poor.
tenderfoot
Dec 2014
#57
First off, life needs to hand you lemons, a glass, some sugar, and water in order to make lemonade.
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#70
The bike is lemonade. Buying it is having the tool (money) to make lemonade.
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#87
If the sky ahead is gray, assuming there's rain in one's future isn't "hardcore pessimism" n/t
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#146
Granted! It will never get me elected! But guess what? I am not running for office!
Johnny Rash
Dec 2014
#182
Perhaps if I had said "Keep Buying Lottery Tickets", it would have made more sense to you.
Johnny Rash
Dec 2014
#147
That's fine if you have the great good fortune to live within cycling distance of your job.
bklyncowgirl
Dec 2014
#187
There is another reason rich people don't have to worry about losing their cars
Kelselsius
Dec 2014
#50
Poverty is a By-Product created by a Social Structure that we happily called "Humanity".
Johnny Rash
Dec 2014
#284
I like how the subject of the poor brings out every Libertarian troll on the site.
tenderfoot
Dec 2014
#191
The fruit of embracing "socially liberal (or moderate) but fiscally conservative" aka Libertarians
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#262
The essay needs to be read within the context of the rest of Tirado's life.
AngryOldDem
Dec 2014
#256