we've been down this road before and I gave up when you told me that this one kid should have gotten himself born to richer parents. I am pretty sure you were serious too. One of these times though I'd like to know what you consider the wrong side of the tracks.
It always bothers me when people think that because they have "a normal life" that this is why they are doing ok. I'll grant you that doing meth isn't really conducive to a good career path, but there are lots of other ways to be not be rich in America. You can get sick without insurance, for a start. You can live where your family has always lived, even though they closed down the textile mill. You can get born to the wrong parents or have the wrong job. You think policemen and schoolteachers will retire rich? Dana On 2/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > I am not trying to say a thing right now actually... just that this concept > > exists and is taught in economics classes. I realize that you don't belive > > in economics post Adam SMith ::sigh:: but I thought I'd mention this. Oh, > > that and, your reaction to this sort of topic always make me wonder what > > went wrong in your toilet training. Talk about anal-retentive. > > > > LOL, yeah, well, I won't deny it. It's just that I grew up on the > other side of the tracks and still have lots of friends there I see at > gatherings every few years or so. > > Anyway, some of us chose to become drug addicts, alcoholics, etc and > others chose normal lives. > > We all had to overcome lots of obstacles: genetics, familial > alcoholism, not knowing what options are out there, making stupid > credit or career mistakes, etc. > > So here's the one thing I'm willing to pick on those making 200k+ for: > 80 hours of community service which would mostly be education; > talking to HS classes about stuff you've learned and how you got the > income you did. > > In short, the government's primary role to its citizens should be to > provide an equal playing field. Right now the hole is in education: > there are thousands of opportunities that poor kids never find out > about because they don't know anybody that tells them. Fix that and > you've got an equal playing field. > > Even without, in 99 out of 100 cases adult poverty is a choice. If > you dispute that give me just one case where the person isn't > handicapped in some way, but is poor not of their own choosing. > > That person doesn't exist. Not in America. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
