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Originally Posted by Jinn
If the problem were entirely caused by cultural behavior and poor people simply being terrible at managing their finances, would it make it less of a problem? The trend here seems to be that it's simply not a problem, not that it is a problem but there may be different ways of solving it.. dog has made it clear in his position, at least, that it's a non-issue (for him) and so no solution is necessary.
I for one am shocked to hear someone with privilege talking about how problems for people with less privilege are simply not his concern and/or simply not issues. /s
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What privilege? As I posted earlier, I started my career at the lower end of the income scale. Not once did I get any kind of government assistance. After working a few years an opportunity to switch jobs occurred and I took the chance. Between on the job training and my own time learning new technology and keeping my job skills current (not one day in a university classroom in the last 20 years), I busted my butt to make myself valuable to my employer. The fact that I have been employed thru several recessions since 1974 and a number of layoff cycles at my employer in the last 20 years means I have some value to my employer.
So, unless you have some kind of disability that prevents you from working, I don't owe you a penny. If you made a career choice that you wanted to do something that you enjoyed but didn't pay well, that's an honorable lifestyle choice. But you made your choice and I don't owe you a penny.
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Originally Posted by FuglyStick
He paves his own street and built his own school, fire department and post office, thank you very much.
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Actually, being one of the 54% in this country that pays income taxes, I have paid for the roads, etc. It takes me until sometime around the beginning of April each year to pay my federal, state and local taxes. That's 1/4 of my paycheck. Now do you see why I have a problem with paying for people who think the government has to redistribute income?