Posted on 10/04/2008 8:12:01 AM PDT by george76
Why is the obvious so hard for some people to grasp? Or accept, is probably closer to the truth. But I guess if we officially acknowledged the obvious, the poverty pimps would be out of business. Good article.
Finish school and get established before you have kids. Duh, eight? It seems easy enough to follow if you’ve been raised in a decent household. It was never an option in my house to do anything else. Blame the parents.
Americans are poor because they choose to live as irresponsible, self-indulgent adolescents. Pretty simple. And then as adolescents they expect the more responsible adults in their lives to bail them out. IN most cases these more responsible adult are taxpayers with whom they are not even acquainted.
The key to avoid poverty is to be born with a brain in the USA.
The keys to avoiding poverty: Keep it in your pants...both your money and your p—ker!
What was left out was a willingness to take risk.
After all, even if one were single and child free and maintaining a lucrative living in an honest position, to prevent personal poverty, one must be willing to risk jail and evade taxes. ; )
Anymore, most will be poor even as productive people whether we want to be or not.
Remember - it was Pontius Pilot who asked the ultimate question..."what is truth" when Truth was standing right in front of him. The obvious is hard to grasp only because we reject truth and embrace the lie of relativism.
Not to be overlooked is: Stay out of jail!
Spending a few years in in prison whether in one term or several, can really wreck a life, financially and emotionally.
Don't buy things you don't need until you can pay cash for them.
Save something from every paycheck.
Show up for work on time every day.
My keys to staying out of poverty:
Finish school even if it’s just high school.
Stay off drugs.
Stay out of jail.
Pay your bills on time.
Develop good work ethics.
There have been poor in the world since the beginning of time and there always will be. Those that want to eliminate the poor have other things in mind and that is basically to enrich themselves......but people don’t look at it that way.
I thought that living as a responsible buyer would be enough. I didn’t count on the government stepping in to be charitable with my money.
The funny thing is- my middle daughter at 23 is finishing her degree to get licensed as a Special Education/Elementary Ed. teacher and is engaged. She has been engaged for two years and people are always asking her when she is getting married, she tells them she will marry after she finishes school and gets a job. I am amazed at how many people do not seem to understand why she hasn’t already married, and act like her plan doesn’t make sense. I am very proud of her, but wonder at the people that think she should be rushing down the aisle.
So is falling off a cliff....that’ll f*ck you up big time.
Amen! Also, the marriage factor needs to be considered too. I encouraged my kids that when they get married (one has) to work hard for at least 3 years before starting a family, in order to establish themselves financially, and/or finish school (higher learning). I find financial problems to be one of the biggest strains on a (relatively) new marriage.
True, that’s a good reason to avoid both.
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