same old dem ignorance poverty has nothing to do with race but with behavior, top ways to not be poor:
Stay in School.
Simply completing high school greatly increases a person’s chances of not being poor.The Census Bureau reports that:
Only 9.6 percent of high school graduates are poor, compared to 22.2 percent of those without a diploma.
Of those people who complete some college, only 6.6 percent fall below the poverty line.
This drops to 3.3 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Get a Job.
Despite concerns about the working poor, most people who work full time, even at minimum wage jobs, avoid poverty:
Only 2.6 percent of people 16 years or older with full time jobs are poor, according to Census data.
By contrast, 11.4 percent of part-time workers fall under the poverty line, and 20.8 percent of those who do not work fall below the poverty line.
Get Married.
Marriage is also a strong deterrent to poverty.
Only 4.0 percent of married couples without children are in poverty, according to Census data.
In contrast, the poverty rate for singles without children is 8.6 percent
Don’t Have Children Out of Wedlock.
Having children outside of marriage is costly for both the individual and the child. The Census Bureau reports:
Of those households with two or more children under the age of 18, 7.9 percent of married households were poor, while 51.6 percent of never-married households were poor.
Of those households with two or more children under the age of 6, 11.5 percent of married households were poor, while 62.4 percent of never-married households were poor.
....another interesting statistic is 32% of welfare distributed is to California. So you might want to consider how many are from south of the border who have latched onto the welfare system and play it big.