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re: Nice opinion piece on income inequality from CNN
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:51 am to 3nOut
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:51 am to 3nOut
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that being said, i have my first chance to make 6 figures at 30 this year, more than my parents ever did.
First off, congratulations! Who doesn't love a good old fashioned American success story?
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Being pissed because somebody worked hard to get what they have or parents worked hard to give them what they have is no way to go through life. It's petty and jealous.
Being pissed isn't, but let's stop acting like there aren't hard working poor people who didn't get a good hand for life. I worked some fast food/service jobs before returning to school. I saw this first hand. Pulling yourself up takes hard work, but it's not the only factor. The "rich" want to make it seem that way, as to have the moral highground in this discussion. It's much easier to dismiss people if you assume they are all lazy and just jealous of what you have.
Instead of hating on the poor for being poor, we should address the causes in the system that trap them in poverty. The fricked up incentive system of our safety net for starters...
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Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:59 am to Duke
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Pulling yourself up takes hard work, but it's not the only factor.
This is absolutely true, I think we need education needs reform first and foremost, but they do the best they can as a government entity I suppose. Really we need to start celebrating our best and brightest culturally, when our society doesn't celebrate academic achievement at the highest level in the same manner they do athletic and artistic achievement, how can we expect children to not focus on those areas instead of academics. That principle applies to any lifestyle which is more supported culturally than scholarly achievement. I actually have a few ideas on how this may be possible, just need complete control of the previously mentioned Bill&Melinda Gates foundation resources.
Agree with the incentive system, but the end goal shouldn't be to limit the top 1% but to make the advantages (primarily academic access) more universally available.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:02 am to Duke
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Being pissed isn't, but let's stop acting like there aren't hard working poor people who didn't get a good hand for life. I worked some fast food/service jobs before returning to school. I saw this first hand. Pulling yourself up takes hard work, but it's not the only factor.
absolutely. but are you telling me not having home or money at 18 is a good hand and that my story is any less real because it worked out?
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Instead of hating on the poor for being poor, we should address the causes in the system that trap them in poverty.
i don't know a soul that hates the poor. just the wealthy that resent the people that want to take their money away and redistribute it.
the only trap of poverty is the Government ran welfare system.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 10:04 am
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:07 am to Duke
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Being pissed isn't, but let's stop acting like there aren't hard working poor people who didn't get a good hand for life.
The most common statistical feature of the "working poor" is that they don't work. There are a myriad of reasons for this and not all of those reasons are within their control. But the concept of the "working poor" is largely a construct.
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