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In reply to the discussion: Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)278. Yep. Some invest in the design. Strengthening it and sharing in the proceeds.
And some refuse to profit from the assured suffering of others. Without more of the latter we will never overcome the former.
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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