BlahBlah Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Being poor is a learned behavior 98% of the time. May have learned it from parents but is still learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 minutes ago, BlahBlah said: Being poor is a learned behavior 98% of the time. May have learned it from parents but is still learned. Spoken like an elitist........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlahBlah Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 minute ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: Spoken like an elitist........ You respond like a commie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 7 minutes ago, BlahBlah said: You respond like a commie Commies ARE elitists, so look in the mirror....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 13 hours ago, HearEmaGrowlin said: The only things that can keep a person poor are bad health (physical and/or mental), desire/drive, and poor decision making, that’s all. Not everyone is going to be rich, but there’s a big difference between middle class and poor. Usually, poor personal decisions keep people down. Another is a terrible President who can't do anything to stop inflation. His economic policies have led to many of the Middle Class to become poor and the poor even poorer. Another thing is taxation that he desires to increase on the American people. Then in Texas we have counties that are raising property values on homes since they can't raise the property rate. They are going to be taxing people out of homes and renters will be paying higher rents because of the increased property taxes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 13 hours ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: I usually agree with you, but you are not right on this one......you left out what God said through Solomon in Ecclesiastes..... Ecclesiastes 9:11 English Standard Version 11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. Exactly farmers can't control the weather. Workers can't control if a business goes under because of many factors most recently stupid lockdowns by Democrat politicians. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngcoach123 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, BlahBlah said: Being poor is a learned behavior 98% of the time. May have learned it from parents but is still learned. 1 hour ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: Spoken like an elitist........ Never thought I’d side with Blah over RF1. Been a weird day all day though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngcoach123 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Poor people would be less poor without excessive gov spending and corporate funded government employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 17 minutes ago, Youngcoach123 said: Poor people would be less poor without excessive gov spending and corporate funded government employees. Things beyond their control.......not learned behavior like your new elitist pal blah blah claims........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngcoach123 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: Things beyond their control.......not learned behavior like your new elitist pal blah blah claims........ I was raised in a poor family, generational poor on one side. Dads dad was a sharecropper. My father cost me 270k 5 years ago by passing on land he couldn’t afford. Well with in his control to come up with the money by calling his son. Land was sold before I ever knew about it. This is the story of how my dad got Mexican neighbors lol Maybe 2% out there is out there poor because of stuff out of their control but that’s on the high end to me. Blah is correct in his 98% assessment. Edited March 23 by Youngcoach123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 17 minutes ago, Youngcoach123 said: I was raised in a poor family, generational poor on one side. Dads dad was a sharecropper. My father cost me 270k 5 years ago by passing on land he couldn’t afford. Well witching his control to come up with the money by calling his son. Land was sold before I ever knew about it. This is the story of how my dad got Mexican neighbors lol Maybe 2% out there is out there poor because of stuff out of their control but that’s on the high end to me. Blah is correct in his 98% assessment. I'm going with 40% my side until someone shows some data......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Over the last 40ish years we have devolved into more and more of a "winner take all" economy...which is why the wealth gap is at its widest point in a century. From offshoring millions of middle class jobs in pursuit of slave labor...to a federal minimum wage that has lost 40% of its value since the late 1960s...to the scorched earth war on unions...to "shareholder capitalism"...this nation has moved farther and farther to being a nation of the rich...by the rich...and for the rich. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 minute ago, EnjoyLife said: Over the last 40ish years we have devolved into more and more of a "winner take all" economy...which is why the wealth gap is at its widest point in a century. From offshoring millions of middle class jobs in pursuit of slave labor...to a federal minimum wage that has lost 40% of its value since the late 1960s...to the scorched earth war on unions...to "shareholder capitalism"...this nation has moved farther and farther to being a nation of the rich...by the rich...and for the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiOne Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said: Over the last 40ish years we have devolved into more and more of a "winner take all" economy...which is why the wealth gap is at its widest point in a century. From offshoring millions of middle class jobs in pursuit of slave labor...to a federal minimum wage that has lost 40% of its value since the late 1960s...to the scorched earth war on unions...to "shareholder capitalism"...this nation has moved farther and farther to being a nation of the rich...by the rich...and for the rich. Here, every citizen has the opportunity to join and become one of these evil "rich". Now move to Cuba and start up your business and see how rich you can become.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte1076 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, ObiOne said: Here, every citizen has the opportunity to join and become one of these evil "rich". Like the guy who did the "million-dollar home page". The dude literally created a 1,000 x 1,000 pixel image, and sold pixels. He sold out, too. And literally made over $1 million. "Copycats" popped up, but didn't do nearly as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 18 minutes ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: How did you get a picture of my copy???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 8 minutes ago, Monte1076 said: Like the guy who did the "million-dollar home page". The dude literally created a 1,000 x 1,000 pixel image, and sold pixels. He sold out, too. And literally made over $1 million. "Copycats" popped up, but didn't do nearly as well. That is awesome lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 16 minutes ago, ObiOne said: Here, every citizen has the opportunity to join and become one of these evil "rich". Now move to Cuba and start up your business and see how rich you can become.... I do not disagree that there is still far more opportunity in the US than in Cuba (or any other truly socialist/communist country)...but I do not like the way we are trending. Mexico has the worlds 15th largest gdp...yet millions of their people are economic migrants. The problem in Mexico is not the amount of wealth...it is that they mostly have a small, fabulously wealthy ruling class...and a large, very poor peasant class...without much in between. I do not want my grandchildren to live in a United States that has become like Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 23 minutes ago, Monte1076 said: Like the guy who did the "million-dollar home page". The dude literally created a 1,000 x 1,000 pixel image, and sold pixels. He sold out, too. And literally made over $1 million. "Copycats" popped up, but didn't do nearly as well. Do you remember "pet rocks"? P.T. Barnum was right lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiOne Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 11 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said: The problem in Mexico is not the amount of wealth...it is that they mostly have a small, fabulously wealthy ruling class...and a large, very poor peasant class...without much in between. I do not want my grandchildren to live in a United States that has become like Mexico. I agree with you. But the key to more economic opportunity is Less government involvement in the economy. Note MORE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyLife Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 18 hours ago, RETIREDFAN1 said: There are many people in those enlightened European nations who would love to be poor over here....... Maybe...So why do we have so little European immigration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte1076 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 36 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said: That is awesome lol. Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage And believe it or not, the site is still up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte1076 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 21 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said: Do you remember "pet rocks"? P.T. Barnum was right lol. Yep. Dude was a millionaire afterward, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 17 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said: Maybe...So why do we have so little European immigration? They can't afford it ......and there's an ocean instead of a river...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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