1. Poor people should not be having children. If they do, then poverty is their own fault. Why do we accept the poor having children, but not BMWs? They are both a luxury.
2. Why do they not have an education? --- Stephen the Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan <> wrote: > > A person in poverty today has cable tv, telephone, > cellphone, car, > > clothes, etc. > > > > A person in American poverty is not the same as a > person in North > > Korean poverty, or a person living in poverty in > Beverly Hills. > > > > Most poverty is self-inflicted. Drug, alcohol or > gambling > > addictions, having children they can't afford, > buying items they > > don't need. > > > > That's not to say real poverty doesn't exist, but > it isn't as much as > > we'd like to believe. > > Going to the Dr. without insurance because you have > two part time jobs and > neither has a benefit plan. Your getting squeezed > at the pump over the past > 400 days when gas prices almost doubled. Just > buying food at the store > whose prices rose in inflation due to fuel costs > alone. Schools that now > require uniforms instead of street clothes. This > includes body armor to > keep your kids safe. > > Poverty is not self inflicted at all. If you have > no education and your not > part of the tech environment, life is difficult. > Real Estate prices have > gone nuts so your renting at worst or to much of > your income is going > towards your shelter. > > Michael I think that your so biased towards humanity > that you have no clue > to what poverty is all about. Why not volunteer at > a soup kitchen for a > couple of weekends just to see what mankind in dire > straights is all about. > > > Silly me. That would burst your bubble and see that > our country is in worse > shape than Fox News would ever present. > > > > Stephen Russell > DBA / .Net Developer > > Memphis TN 38115 > 901.246-0159 > > "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual > power. We have guided > missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King > Jr. > > http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/470 - > Release Date: 10/10/2006 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
