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most people are poor at some point in life. they're called teenagers. I lived in my car when I was 18. if you are 30 and poor, you're doing something wrong.
Correct. Probably 90% of us were poor at age 20 - 25.
In fact this ex-poor person has made many financial decisions.
There is an "Expo Center" around these parts...for years I've been saying that someone like, say, Herman Cain or Ben Carson should start an "Ex-Po' Center" to show the way out of poverty.
Everyone blames the banks for the 2008 instead of looking in the mirror and seeing how they contributed to the crash. Could it be that they bought something they could not afford, could it be they could not manage their money, could it be they expected government to give it to them.
Always blaming others and by blaming others, you will not learn what you did wrong. If you give those people someone else's money, those same people will only repeat the same mistake again.
True. I didn't lose my house in 2008 because I had made the traditional down payment and had a fixed loan and it wasn't a McMansion like so many others were buying. I also didn't use my house like an ATM. Most people didn't lose their homes for the same reasons.
What changed back then was the greed and pretentiousness -- people wanted houses they could show off but couldn't really afford.
There is an "Expo Center" around these parts...for years I've been saying that someone like, say, Herman Cain or Ben Carson should start an "Ex-Po' Center" to show the way out of poverty.
What now? Our poor look wealthy compared to a third world country? That's really flattering, comparing the us to a third world country. That's true though, that's where the conservative policies are taking us....
That's where liberal policies want us. Have a majority of the population on the government teat, expanding their voter base.
"you can't help the weak, by weakening the strong"
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Originally Posted by lionsgators
just a question. have you ever seen a poor person make a good financial decision/investment? do you think it's simply a coincidence that poor people who win the lottery often end up broke again? or are you just for taking wealth from the individuals, and giving it to the government for them to distribute for their own agendas? we all know government makes great investments. what is the end game of higher wages and "income equality?"
What now? Our poor look wealthy compared to a third world country? That's really flattering, comparing the us to a third world country. That's true though, that's where the conservative policies are taking us....
The biggest driver of our debt is the welfare state. For you to blame that on "conservative" policies just shows how completely off your rocker you are. If the US turns into a 2nd world country it will be entirely the anti-competition, anti-free market, anti-working, pro-couch potato left wing that puts us there.
After all, that's what happens when you continually promise crap you could never pay for and scream at the top of your lungs to drown out the adults in the room when they're trying to clean up the turds the children threw all over the walls.
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