Livid About the Detroit Walking Man Story (illegal, regular, companies)
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This Conservative actually agrees with the OP. There is nothing 'admirable' about this. This should not even be, in this country where the poor "don't have it that bad"...at least, that's what we are told. I'd like to see some of these aholes who say this walk 21 miles to work each day. Of course, they'll just blame it on the man who does the walking...they always do.
As for the person who said this isn't the "norm" with poor people, how so very out of touch you are. They may not all be walking 21 miles, but they are doing a hell of a lot more to make peanuts than those of you sitting in comfy cars, to your comfy offices, back to your comfy homes.
Yes there are lazy loser people who are poor, and yes, those people did indeed choose drugs, or alcohol, or whatever other stupid substance/addiction and now have sucky lives. And no, I don't feel one iota of remorse for them.
That is not all the poor people, and I don't even think that is the majority of poor people. I've said it here before, I will say it again:
When you are poor, there is NO room for error. What is easily fixed by someone who has a little income is a monumental hurdle to get over for a poor person.
We've been warned that our economy is going to go in to some new level, and that soon we are all going to be feeling the pinch, worse than we imagined. You know, every time I read posts like that, I actually say, "Man, I can't wait until that happens so that those mouth breathers who write arrogant posts berating all the poor people have a good taste of what it actually means to be poor."
I know, I'm an ***hole for thinking that, but I don't care what you think about me. I just want you to feel what it's actually like so you **** about something of which you have no knowledge. I've been there. I'm no longer there, but I've been there. Some of you are clueless, absolutely clueless.
Well said. It's obvious the system is broken. And there is no political will to do anything about it.
The US is very unique that it has aspects of both developed and third world nations. When people think of third world they automatically think of the worst cases of extreme poverty like in Sub-Saharan Africa. They don't think of stagnant nations like in Eastern Europe which resemble a lot of similar parts of the poorest hit spots in the US.
A lot (not all) of nations have developed to a point where living standards are a bit comparable to the US. It used to be there would be a vast difference but these days the difference isn't that grand unless you're coming from Somalia or the hundreds of other extremely poor nations.
For instance, if you look at Chile in South America. That nation has grown into a viable developed country but there still lags chronic poverty. It's not whole populations living in trash heap bad but it's still bad. It's not extreme poverty but it's still poverty. Now last time I visited the little nation looked no different in terms of developed as California. In fact some parts of LA were worse than in the Capitol. The point is that one country developed and the other stagnated.
To conclude, the US isn't exactly first world in the real sense of the word but then again the world has changed so much that the meaning of those two terms aren't as relevant in today's economy.
The US is like a hybrid.
Good observation. What you are observing is the effect of globalization. While other countries standard of living improve slightly, ours deteriorates significantly.
They don't even have reliable running water, and public transit is so nonexistent that people are having to walk miles and miles to make a living. I wouldn't be surprised if the roads were really bad, too.
Detroit is 100% third world, as is East St. Louis, and many parts of Appalachian country.
Uh....the problem is in the "first world" suburbs not taking part in regional mass transit.
I dont get this story. With the massive amount of time this guy spent walking to work for the last decade, why not just work a part time job for 10 hours a week so he could afford a cheap used car? That would be the logical thing to do.
I dont get this story. With the massive amount of time this guy spent walking to work for the last decade, why not just work a part time job for 10 hours a week so he could afford a cheap used car? That would be the logical thing to do.
The guy might be a Taurus, of the autistic kind.
Bound and determined.
It's entirely appropriate that the Ford Motor Company gave him a new Ford Taurus.
Henry would have approved, though he would probably have insisted on only a black one.
Last edited by Hyperthetic; 02-07-2015 at 02:34 PM..
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