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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Ace...do you know anyone living on the edge of poverty?
Savings - in place of putting food on the table or paying rent?
Education/training - either give up their low paying job or maybe night school (but then they would have to use their "savings" for additional child care)
Owning assets - the basic necessities come first
Living below our means - the only thing lower is homelessness
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I was raised in a community surrounded by people in poverty. I have relatives who are currently in poverty. I was the first in my family to attend college. Before my mother died her only source of income was social security (and me). My sister had her first baby before getting out of highschool. I know a lady with 5 children, not married, working and going to school.
What is your point?
I know what can be done. I have seen it done.
Perhaps a better question is - do you know anyone on the edge of poverty?
If you do - what have they done to secure a better future? I want to know. Have you ever helped them? Have you ever talked to them? Why are they on the edge of poverty?
I am begining to think you guys are just being disagreeable for the sake of being disagreeable.