Do you feel sorry for the poor?

[sagar]

Am I the only one who feels utter and total contempt for the so called poor? This is the most free, by far, any country in the history of the world, and yet we have these scum-sucking parasites that have not taken advantage of it, instead they cannot take care of themselves, their children, nor their elderly.

When I see a poor person, I am filled with disgust. How can this individual(or group of individuals) live like this and not feel that they have the opportunity just in front of them that the rest of the world would kill for?

My contempt level is pretty high for the poor parasites, but it reaches epic proportions for those that are poor and obese! How can they even live like it? Do they have no dignity? No shame?

America is wasted on them. In fact, America is now dying under their weight.

Sorry for the rant.

[mylife]

No. I don’t ‘feel disgusted’ by the poor. I’m cheering them on. I want them to grow, learn, work and succeed.

Amen!!

[RoosterRedux]

Amen, Marie...it is the journey that builds character. Not the medal for achievement.

I went thru a similar experience.

[OldPossum]

May I offer A Modest Proposal?

[Kickass Conservative]

Not exactly sure what your point is.

I think you are confusing “the poor” with the people who expect to have everything they need and want paid for by someone else. One has nothing to do with the other.

As my Late Mother used to say, “You help people that CAN'T help themselves, not people who WON'T help themselves”. My Dad was a bit more concise, he always said “Nobody owes you a living”.

My Family has been poor, graduated to what people would call Middle Class and up and down with all points in between. I grew up eating Mayonnaise Sandwiches simply because that is what my Mother ate during the Depression.

When people in this Country lose sight of the fact they are living in the Greatest Nation to ever exist on God's green Earth, they turn their attention to the success of others and feel deprived.

There is no appreciation for the gift they have been given. The poorest person in America is better off than 90% of the people living on this Globe.

This is why an Marxist ideologue like Obama was able to win the Presidency by 10 Million Votes over his Republican rival. Spoiled Children become Greedy Adults.

[Chode]

there's poor and then there's lazy... NO PITY FOR THE LAZY!!!

[RoosterRedux]

In all due respect Ron (I have read your posts forever), the poor of spirit are always around us. Sometimes we are rich...and when we see our place in the Lord we realize just how poor we are.

I have been rich...but I am sincerely and happily poor of spirit now that I see his Face.

Until we are united with Him...we are poor indeed.

[Fester Chugabrew]

“Poor” is a relative term. How much would someone pay for reason and senses, yet they are given without price.

[Popman]

The poor are sometimes poor for no fault of their own.....disability, lack of employment, lack of intelligence, mental health issues are all real problems people face....hopefully you will never face them....

Your issue is with the able bodies moochers living off the system....

You did a piss poor job delineating between the two.... A real piss poor job....

[TexasCajun]

...it had to be said.

The vast, vast majority are poor by choice.

[ebersole]

Congratulations. You’ve just invited Karma into your home and your life. Good luck

[AD from SpringBay]

I think I know what you're saying and I have some empathy with what you say. Generalizations imply exceptions; not all the poor are scum suckers.

Anecdote, and we all have one: we have a nice market here and I went there the other day towards the end of the pay period to buy a bag of frozen onion rings and a bag of tenderloins to deep fry. My internal debate on that trip was whether or not to splurge on nice buns or opt for the regular. I wagered out the rest of the week's expenses and got the high-end with the sesame seeds. At the checkout, you guess it, was one of the scum-sucking poor with a cart, yes, a cart, of fresh-wrapped butcher packages with who knows how many steaks and loins and this and that. She whips out her LINK card, pays, and walks to a newer model car than mine.

Like I said, I empathize but I'll trim my brush to paint smaller lines.

[Chong]

I think you may have misunderstood my post. I called for the clean up isle 6 times 3 because I felt that the poster may have been cut from the same cloth as the devil and wear the mark. He or she sounds like it anyway.

I am not rich in material either, but I am rich, very rich, because Jesus loves me.

[Tupelo]

Actually, I do feel sorry for the poor. But I feel much more sorry for you. The poor are only poor in material things, but you seem to be bereft of any compassion and humility. You poor man, I will say a prayer tonight for you.

[Errant]

You seem to be blessed to have so many poor around you; for through those you are tested and hopefully found worthy one day.

[RoosterRedux]

Sorry if I misunderstood your post (I make mistakes regularly).

I was just afraid that the OP might be in delicate place and might soon be lost forever.

Hear me OP...get with the program!

[Signalman]

Blame LBJ’s “Great Society”. When the guvmint made it more profitable for poor women to kick out kid after kid and have the taxpayers pay for them instead of the fathers, it was the beginning of the welfare state we know now.

[PapaBear3625]

It depends on the poor. There's one class of poor, like the Vietnamese boat people when they first arrived. These are good people who are just temporarily lacking in funds due to misfortune, but who will fix that and become middle-class in a few years.

Then there's the underclass, the class of people who are content to live off charity and crime, have no interest in bettering themselves, or doing anything that look like work. They can starve for all I care, and the world would be better off.

[The Antiyuppie]

Totally agreed - many, if not most people reading this are one or two pieces of bad luck (including totally unpredictable and unpreventable medical conditions) from being “poor”.

[Randy Larsen]

I was taught not to feel sorry for myself so no.