Yes, you are right. That’s why catch phrases are often a bad idea. “Hope” anyone? Yeah right...
It’s your own fault, that you didn’t get a high paying government job or get into a business that sells to government employees. Onward to default. ;-)
First, Cain was commenting on the Wall Street protesters, the clueless socialists who seek to blame all their inadequacies on anyone but themselves and the “rich, fat cats on Wall Street” are their latest target.
Still, “Not rich? No job? Blame yourself” holds true. I’d argue that people are poor because they valued something else instead of doing what’s necessary to make more money. That something else doesn’t necessarily have to be laziness, or meth, or materialism, or some other vice, but it’s certainly the case for a large number of the poor I know. It could be living on a single income to have a stay-at-home mom for the kids, or living close to family members rather than moving to an area with more opportunities, or simply not working day and night to allow for time with family. Both groups have consciously made a decision on their priorities. Still it’s the people in the first group who are usually the ones griping. The people in the second group are happy with the choices they’ve made. Yes, there are those on whom misfortunes have fallen due to no fault of their own. I’ve known a number of people like this and rarely are they the vocal ones. Usually they’re just trying to do what they can to make ends meet and aren’t into finding someone to shoulder the blame.
America is the land of opportunity, even in this cursed Obamanomy.