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‘McBudget’ an insult to those living in poverty
Miami Herald ^
| July 27, 2013
| Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Posted on 07/28/2013 7:52:27 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: ClearCase_guy
In twenty years he should have made it to manager.
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posted on
07/28/2013 10:24:50 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
The dude likely had no further ambition.
42
posted on
07/28/2013 10:27:14 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Secret Agent Man
43
posted on
07/28/2013 10:28:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
"If theres one thing poor people do not need, it is lessons in how to be poor. To the contrary, you will never meet anyone who can wring more value from a dollar." Actually Mr Pitts many of today's poor do need lessons on how NOT to be poor.
Graduate from high school knowing how to read,write and comprehend basic math.
Get a job.
Show up for that job every day on time.
Do your job to the best of your ability.
Do not have children out of wedlock.
Do not commit crimes.
Do not drink to excess (at least not on school nights).
Do not abuse drugs.
Do not spend your hard earned minimum wage or welfare money on frivolous and unecessary things.
Learn to be self sufficient.
Get a better job.
Keep in mind that 9 times out of ten whatever happens in your life is your fault.
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posted on
07/29/2013 12:01:53 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux)
To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
...In December, for example, Bloomberg profiled a Chicago man who, after 20 years with the burger giant, earns $8.25 an hour and doesnt get 40 hours a week. This, as McDonalds CEO Don Thompson pulled down, according to the Wall Street Journal, a compensation package worth $13.8 million last year. Then the man is stupid to stay there.
To: ClearCase_guy
When newly elected Congressman Adam Clayton Powell(D.Harlem NY) was asked what his first priority was he replied “To teach the American Negro the meaning of punctuality’’.
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posted on
07/29/2013 3:03:40 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: Shadowstrike
I dont know anyone who has a 90 dollar electric bill these days.
My budget bill was $30 last month, even with the air conditioners running. Small house, and I'm not there much.
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posted on
07/29/2013 4:43:25 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
To: Eagles6
Neal Boortz simplified this even more....
1. Graduate high school.
2. Don’t have kids before you get married.
3. Don’t do drugs.
Doing these three things won’t guarantee success, but they’ll pretty much ensure that you won’t fail.
48
posted on
07/29/2013 4:49:17 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: Secret Agent Man
Some people have 20 years of experience—and some people have a year of experience twenty times.
To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
Wow!!! McDonald’s must have really super good benefits to have $20 per month health insurance.
50
posted on
07/29/2013 6:39:27 AM PDT
by
fulltlt
To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
bupkes
Someone can't spell. Yeah, my spell checker doesn't have it listed either, but it's "bupkis". Wonder how many freepers know the origin of this word.
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posted on
07/29/2013 7:21:07 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Be a truechimer, not a falseticker!)
To: wbill
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posted on
07/29/2013 1:15:06 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux)
To: rightwingintelligentsia; All
All you who have those low electric bills, I hate (Just kidding) :D
Mine was almost 500 last month, but there are a number of health issues with people and pets who live with me that make it necessary to keep the AC at 72 degrees.
You do what you gotta do I guess.
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:27:00 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Shadowstrike
54
posted on
07/29/2013 8:27:53 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Spok
most everyone could avoid long term poverty simply by:
finishing high school
not having a kid before/without marriage
not abusing drugs
not going into student loan oblivion
55
posted on
08/14/2013 3:40:29 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Lancey Howard
This simple assclown Pitts thinks flipping burgers at a burger joint is a career? When Bush was in office, they were called McJobs.
In the Baraqqi "new normal", fast food is a career.
Other suggestions:
Obamacare guide,
Hillary 2016 campaign staff (cute female interns preferred)
Harvesting shredded poultry downstream from wind turbines
Solar panel washer
Gas station attendant (after Baraq takes NJs law national)
Bank teller (after Baraq outlaws ATMs)
Ethanol plant technician
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posted on
08/14/2013 3:49:46 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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