> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Poverty Challenge! > > I just heard an interesting stat that surely someone here would like > to debunk? Well, here it is: > > In America, one has a 0% chance of living below the poverty line if: > > (1.) You graduate from High School > (2.) You don't have child out of wedlock, and > (3.) You don't become addicted to alcohol or drugs. > > Seems like a simple prescription for success.
Well - it doesn't seem worth debunking... just look at the population of homeless. You can keep including criteria (mental illness, post traumatic stress, plain bad luck, etc) but to say that NOBODY who meets your criteria lives below the poverty line seems silly. I'll agree that it's a great prescription for success - the problem is there's just so many interesting and unexpected ways to fail. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236806 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
