Our poor have the expectation of 'right here, right now.' There's no planning for the future, only short-term gratification. Which, predictably, is why they remain poor.
No kidding...
I love all the "poor folks" in the ghetto with $5K in tires and wheels om their car....
How can you be poor with 22" spinners?
Haven't we all known that MUCH of the reason many people from poverty stay in poverty is cultural?
that and the fact that the government pays them to remain poor (with your/my tax dollars)
A very astute observation, atomicpossum.
In my church, I work with people who consider themselves poor. Most are not truly poor in the sense of lacking in resources; they just cannot pay their bills. No matter how much money they make, it is never enough for their wants.
The strange thing is that none of them has a strong sense of cause-and-effect. They seem not to see how their actions today might affect them tomorrow. If they see something they want, they will charge it to the credit card without pausing to think how they might pay for it. Lacking specific long-term goals, they drift through life, taking the path of least resistance from one crisis to the next.