my contention is that you don't understand being poor, period, if you think poverty is having to use a credit card. You got poor by being a drunk, fine. There are a lot of other ways to get there, including being born. There is also such a thing as being too poor to move. You assume that people have resources that poor people don't.
I'll stick by my position that you don't have a clue. You're using a Hollywood movie as evidence for your position??? Dana On 6/21/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > Gruss, I don't think you and I are talking about the same kind of broke. > > So your contention is that because I'm not poor anymore and think that > poor can be self-inflicted I never could have been? Huh. Well, I > disagree as former poor loser. > > My contention is that poor can be self-inflicted, as it was for me: I > chose to be dumb, drunk, and poor. > > I'm no judge of when someone is mentally beyond the line of accepting > responsibility, but in my experience it's very few. > > But you tell me: what percentage of people making below, say, $35k for > a family of 4 would you say are there because of circumstances beyond > their control? 100%? 50%? What would you estimate and why? > > My estimate is 20% because of the all the people I know - damn near > every one is first an alcoholic and second poor. Or low class if > that's what we call below middle class but above poverty. > > So 80% choose it and 20% have something beyond their control: health, > mental, etc. BTW - moving is a choice. If there ain't no jobs in the > woods move to the city. That's what I did. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
