--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/22/06 3:59:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Did I say anything in this thread about the causes of poverty? I > did say > > there is a certain mindset that one finds in the impoverished and > until they > > break that mind set no amount of hand outs or hand ups are going > to lift them > > out. And I can guarantee you that you don't understand what I just > said there.>>> > > Which shows how weak your guarentees are, since I totally understand > what you said. You said that you do not want to deal with the causes > of poverty, but just want to keep to your chant of "all Libs want is > to give hand-outs" > > > I was right, you don't understand and never have. Let's start with my > original statement. Until the poor do something worth celebrating they will always > have misery. We can have a safety net for the poor to keep a roof over their > head, clothes on their backs, food on the table. I have no problem with that. > I have no problem with providing free or low cost education or training for > the poor. But until they are willing to take advantage of these things > offered to them to better themselves financially they will always be miserable. > Some people just need to discipline themselves to stay in school and get a high > school diploma instead of dropping out and hanging with a gang and getting in > trouble. Others need to break the cycle of having babies while they are still > babies themselves. Being a teenage mother is almost a guarantee of living in > poverty for the rest of your life. Some people just need to get off drugs > which requires discipline from their side. There can be innumerable reasons why > people are in poverty but at least in the United States the opportunities > are there for most to take advantage of to improve themselves but it is going > to require some effort and commitment from the impoverished person to get > out. That is what I meant by saying until they do something worth *celebrating*. > Staying in school, not having babies until they are financially secure, > staying out of trouble with the law, getting a job and learning to be dependable > and responsible, taking advantage of all the programs available to improve > oneself, like learning a trade of value.>>>
I won't dignify your pathetic understandning of the causes and environment of poverty with a response. You think like a (dumb ) 10 year old. OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
