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Rates of socioeconomic mobility have been going down in recent decades in the US. There are ways to mitigate this such as advocating for mixed-income neighborhoods, so those on the lower end of the economic scale have access to better funded public schools, better funded public and civic institutions, etc. Finding ways to lower the cost, or even have free community college would be a good course of action, giving people access to great vocational programs would be a good thing for starters.
There are ways to mitigate this issue, but we need to recognize that declining socioeconomic mobility is a problem in our society. Hey we could just resort to ad hominem attacks and call people lazy trash without knowing their story, that seems to work.
Regarding schools, funding isn't the issue. Some of the highest-funded school districts in the country (examples: Washington, DC and Camden, NJ) have abysmal educational results.
Hard honest work never in a human history made a man millionaire. Never. Ever.
One can get into the right place in a right time, but it has nothing to do with the hard work.
It's a carrot in front of a donkey. It's a big eternal lie invented by those with money and power to keep the sheeple under control.
Who says you have to be a millionaire to have a good life?
Millions of people work their way up the ladder.....just look around you.
But apparently, too many people think they should be handed a "living wage" without having to put in their time and work for it.
Put in your time.
Gain experience and make yourself more valuable to employers. Do whatever it takes, day after day and year after year.
And eventually you can work your way to at least the middle class. Just be realistic and don't expect it to happen overnight.
Hell.... if an ex stoner like me can do it without going to college.....
Ding ding ding. I will never understand why poor workers continue to blame each other for remaining poor while defeding CEOs earning $30 million/per year who make twice that when they get fired
The Boeing CEO got over 60 million for failing horribly alone..
Hard work paid off for everyone I know. However hard work is often camouflaged as
sticktoitiveness without sweating, sometimes both. Often the reward comes after the fact, and is a strategic move.
However it's also true to say hard work is often overlooked until the "tape" is reviewed and that typically occurs after the game... using sports as an example.
Never give away your power. Always believe you work for a greater purpose, no matter what your job/work is.
I am a work idealist. I've learned this and passed it on.
The whole point is that you’re running in place, unless your nose is brown, best look towards the next job like rock in a stream..
Then work for yourself. You're not going to become wealthy in a regular 40 hr a week job...unless you live very, very frugally and invest your money for the long run. Even then, you could probably do a better job at it working for yourself.
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Originally Posted by banjomike
Why work hard when rich conservative oligarchs will steal most of it no matter how hard you work?
Why work hard when liberals in CA and NJ want to remove "Independent Contractor" from millions of people and make them employees? I make way more money as an IC than I ever did as an employee, and now CA (and also NJ) want to take that away from me, and others all the while claiming that they are "helping" us.
Why bother.
Just wait for the full blown socialism to kick in and everything will be free.
As wealth becomes concentrated with the rich, calls for socialism, communism, and the rise of populist demagogues always increases. Unless wealth is redistributed by giving the masses the opportunity to rise, the capitalist system will end. It can happen peacefully, but more often follows a violent course. We are seeing this play out before our eyes in the US and around the developed world. Time to wake up.
As wealth becomes concentrated with the rich, calls for socialism, communism, and the rise of populist demagogues always increases. Unless wealth is redistributed by giving the masses the opportunity to rise, the capitalist system will end. It can happen peacefully, but more often follows a violent course. We are seeing this play out before our eyes in the US and around the developed world. Time to wake up.
Could you point out where, "before our eyes" , capitalism has caused the masses to rise up? However... I can point out where socialism or communism or dictatorship has caused such, and capitalism has taken root.
Why work hard when idiot liberals like to hand out free money?
Exactly!!!
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