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Katie Porter does bring up good points so far. The reality is there is no way for a single mother to be financially solvent on minimum wage with child. It is interesting though that those who talk about flyover states being more reasonable I think she mentioned the scenario is in the Midwest. And $16/hr still isn't enough even on a bare bones budget and no luxuries.
However, there is one issue people refuse to address in this country. Why did the Woman have a child to begin with without ALREADY having adequate income?
The 2008 recession hit HIGHER income families hard, those who were dually making $200k+. And there shouldn't be the expectation that these folks not have children.
But if you have zero savings, are just starting out with no support system and can only get minimum wage jobs, then no you should not be having kids! But we're too afraid to say that here in the U.S. because the Pro-Baby crowd will
You also can't fix problems that arise after the fact. A lot of people make perfectly wise, sensible decisions that then drag them down after job loss, long-term illness, disability etc.
But we all know that only stupid, unworthy people ever have financial problems.
People make poor life decisions and always want to blame someone else instead of bucking up and taking personal responsibility. The perpetual victim mentality will get you nowhere in the real-world because the real-world simply doesn't care. The victim mentality is perfectly suited for the higher education system and identity politics. That's why it flourishes in these spaces.
Bad decisions and poor choices are like weight loss .. the population is more obese then ever before ... most will tell you that can’t lose weight .. the reality is they just need to eat less and move more ... very few actually have physical reasons that leave them in the situation they are ... the damage for most is self inflicted over time , but they will never see it that way..
Most if not all of us go through either divorce ,illness or job loss .. but We all emerge differently and for many who don’t it is not the event but an accumulation of choices and decisions leading up to the event
Bad decisions and poor choices are like weight loss .. the population is more obese then ever before ... most will tell you that can’t lose weight .. the reality is they just need to eat less and move more ... very few actually have physical reasons that leave them in the situation they are ... the damage for most is self inflicted over time , but they will never see it that way..
Most if not all of us go through either divorce ,illness or job loss .. but We all emerge differently and for many who don’t it is not the event but an accumulation of choices and decisions leading up to the event
Yes, yes, it's easy to blame it all on stupidity and poor choices, which of course you (all) have never made. So everyone young and finding their place should postpone all life decisions except survival until... absolutely nothing can possibly set them back. Around 40 or so, if they're lucky. (And if they're not, it's just their fault, right?)
Got it. It does provide a nice, steady, malleable labor pool for those of you who succeeded entirely on your own.
Yes, yes, it's easy to blame it all on stupidity and poor choices, which of course you (all) have never made. So everyone young and finding their place should postpone all life decisions except survival until... absolutely nothing can possibly set them back. Around 40 or so, if they're lucky. (And if they're not, it's just their fault, right?)
Got it. It does provide a nice, steady, malleable labor pool for those of you who succeeded entirely on your own.
Arguing in extremes again are we?
Maybe people encounter all kinds of mistakes and failures and still succeed eventually. Success in life is just like a stock market. If you make good decisions, in general the trend is upward overtime. That doesn’t mean it’s a straight line up. There are corrections. There can be outright depressing crashes. Anyone can get a bad hand that ruins their life. No one denies that. But for the VAST majority of people with a plan and positive trajectory things work out just fine. And when they don’t, they pick up and keep moving.
But sure, let’s sit around and put on a pitty party while the world moves on. My heart bleeds for your extreme examples. Yep, rice and beans until age 40.
And I get just a tad bit tired of the smug GotMines here casting everyone who ever stumbles in the same "too stupid to live, too unworthy to get any help" mold. I sincerely, deeply, honestly doubt their superior attitudes would hold up to a strong light.
And I get just a tad bit tired of the smug GotMines here casting everyone who ever stumbles in the same "too stupid to live, too unworthy to get any help" mold. I sincerely, deeply, honestly doubt their superior attitudes would hold up to a strong light.
Maybe the gotmines had more obstacles than you think. Maybe they’ve been through the mud and know what it took. Maybe they don’t like being told they’re less of a person and insensitive because they don’t feel obligated to solve everyone else’s problrms?
But yeah, let’s listen to this brilliant senator rail against people who make money. Does anyone realistically think this random sob story of a lady has put in the work in life Jamie Dimon has? Why the hell should she expect a similar outcome? If fact, maybe his work has created value for companies that allow people to have good jobs to support their families? It’s his fault she can’t get a better job and make more than $16 an hour? It must be! He’s a monster making 31 million!
Maybe the gotmines had more obstacles than you think. Maybe they’ve been through the mud and know what it took. Maybe they don’t like being told they’re less of a person and insensitive because they don’t feel obligated to solve everyone else’s problrms?
But yeah, let’s listen to this brilliant senator rail against people who make money. Does anyone realistically think this random sob story of a lady has put in the work in life Jamie Dimon has? Why the hell should she expect a similar outcome? If fact, maybe his work has created value for companies that allow people to have good jobs to support their families? It’s his fault she can’t get a better job and make more than $16 an hour? It must be! He’s a monster making 31 million!
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Originally Posted by Thatsright19
Arguing in extremes again are we?
Maybe people encounter all kinds of mistakes and failures and still succeed eventually. Success in life is just like a stock market. If you make good decisions, in general the trend is upward overtime. That doesn’t mean it’s a straight line up. There are corrections. There can be outright depressing crashes. Anyone can get a bad hand that ruins their life. No one denies that. But for the VAST majority of people with a plan and positive trajectory things work out just fine. And when they don’t, they pick up and keep moving.
But sure, let’s sit around and put on a pitty party while the world moves on. My heart bleeds for your extreme examples. Yep, rice and beans until age 40.
quietude loves doing that!!!!! he likes taking situations and molding them to fit his agenda even though he knows exactly how things were meant and did not apply to everyone with no exceptions ....
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