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Actually, not all criminals are poor, either. The rich just cloak their crimes under a deeper facade.
I had mentioned the same thing earlier. Though I believe that the type of crime we were taking about are different between the rich criminals and the poor criminals.
What you quoted was just my illustration of reading comprehension.
Wealthy people may not mug those in their neighborhoods. They just mug the taxpayers with their criminal schemes, like Goldman & Sachs did!
I think we can all agree that crime is perpetuated by the poor at a higher rate than it is by the rich.
Which isn't to say that all poor people commit crime or that all rich people are blameless innocent virgins...but you can't be serious if you honestly don't think that most crime is perpetuated by a certain demographic.
You have 18 years to learn enough skills to support yourself. If you are an able-bodied person of at least dull normal intelligence, over 18 and have no skills, who is responsible? I worked two jobs when I was 18 so that I could pay for an emergency that arose suddenly. It never crossed my mind to get someone else to pay for my life.
Why would it occur to anyone else that a third party is responsible for their bills?
I couldn't care less, about you bragging about your own life. Many kids from poverty-stricken families, are never told that they are capable of earning their own way in the world. And they have no hope, of escaping their situation. Many poor parents are too busy trying to put food on their table, to take the time to school their kids, in the skills that it takes to get, and hold, a job.
I think that there should be programs in all of the public schools, to teach kids about how to apply to and interview for jobs, manage their finances, invest their money, and put aside money for their futures. Every kid could benefit from such a program, and it would be esepcially important for poor kids, many of whom don't have the hope that they can ever escape their situation.
That's why I thought that you could make some constructive suggestions, as to how poor kids could be helped to get on the right path, to becoming self-sufficient. But instead, you just had to keep crowing about your own accomplishments, and keep the discussion centered on your own life.
I couldn't care less, about you bragging about your own life. Many kids from poverty-stricken families, are never told that they are capable of earning their own way in the world. And they have no hope, of escaping their situation. Many poor parents are too busy trying to put food on their table, to take the time to school their kids, in the skills that it takes to get, and hold, a job.
I think that there should be programs in all of the public schools, to teach kids about how to apply to and interview for jobs, manage their finances, invest their money, and put aside money for their futures. Every kid could benefit from such a program, and it would be esepcially important for poor kids, many of whom don't have the hope that they can ever escape their situation.
That's why I thought that you could make some constructive suggestions, as to how poor kids could be helped to get on the right path, to becoming self-sufficient. But instead, you just had to keep crowing about your own accomplishments, and keep the discussion centered on your own life.
I think we can all agree that crime is perpetuated by the poor at a higher rate than it is by the rich.
Which isn't to say that all poor people commit crime or that all rich people are blameless innocent virgins...but you can't be serious if you honestly don't think that most crime is perpetuated by a certain demographic.
People from all walks of life, commit crimes. This thread isn't about crime anyhow. So you might want to take your discussion of crime elsewhere, or get back on topic.
Last edited by artwomyn; 03-08-2011 at 09:23 AM..
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