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re: "working full time and still below poverty line"...slightly misleading
Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:40 am to mattgr1983
Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:40 am to mattgr1983
quote:They can if they make good decisions.
No. They can't. I think someone working full time should be able to though.
This isn't really complicated at all.
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:46 am to mmmmmbeeer
Adoption is still legal and a viable option for unwanted pregnancies.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:59 am to RogerTheShrubber
The work ethic anymore is downright pathetic. My parents had twins - my brother and myself at age 18. They didn't ask for handouts. They busted their asses off. My dad somehow worked full time and went to school. I am thankful they showed the fortitude that seems missing today. We got involved in sports and we worked part time during high school. That gave us discipline. Sorry for "ranting" but the damn pussification of America sickens me.
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 8:55 am
Posted on 3/25/18 at 8:06 am to mmmmmbeeer
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So you can live on $15k/yr? That's not impoverished in your eyes? GFY
The fact 11 people upvoted this nonsense is incredibly disheartening.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 8:31 am to Jorts R Us
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We also live in a a country wher poor people are overweight, have cable TV playing through flatscreens, and mobile phones. I’m the end it’s all about choices and we have a sect of people that don’t believe in personal responsibility.
Understand who most of these people adore and idolize, the things they hold dear and what they believe makes life meaningful.
Now, look at what they watch on TV, the music they listen to, the friends they keep, the parents that didn’t have a positive influence in their upbringing and you’ll find nearly all the answers you’re looking for as to why they are struggling in life.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:11 am to Powerman
If i only made minimum wage it would be by choice because I had no ambition. I made minimum wage one month if my life when I was 16. There is no excuse for any working adult to make minimum wage.
In any case, if I did make minimum wage I would go back to a smalll down in the American south where I could by a decent house for 60k 400/mo with low property taxes. People are lazy and stupid and expect to have everything for doing nothing.
People in the financial and medical sectors are vastly overpaid because they own the market, everybody needs money and wants to live, but you can live a decent life on minimum wage if you can somehow figure out how to make that little.
In any case, if I did make minimum wage I would go back to a smalll down in the American south where I could by a decent house for 60k 400/mo with low property taxes. People are lazy and stupid and expect to have everything for doing nothing.
People in the financial and medical sectors are vastly overpaid because they own the market, everybody needs money and wants to live, but you can live a decent life on minimum wage if you can somehow figure out how to make that little.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:14 am to llfshoals
Some people are dumb as rocks. Just the way it is. They should be able to be a janitor and raise a family. Just my opinion.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:19 am to mattgr1983
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They should be able to be a janitor and raise a family. Just my opinion.
Janitors make relatively good money.
Anyone staying at one job more than a year will make more than minimum wage.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:34 am to RogerTheShrubber
Ok cool. Person stays at a job a few years, doing okay, has a child, and then loses their job. Only new jobs they can get are minimum wage. frick em, right?
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:35 am to Powerman
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Payroll taxes are deducted.
Beauty of box 7 (iirc) is EXEMPT.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:45 am to mattgr1983
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Ok cool. Person stays at a job a few years, doing okay, has a child, and then loses their job. Only new jobs they can get are minimum wage. frick em, right?
What do you suggest?
I hate to tell you chief, this scenario has played out probably a million times or more and people survived. They didn't starve, didn't need gubment intervention and didn't need the nanny state to help.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 9:48 am to Golfer
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Beauty of box 7 (iirc) is EXEMPT.
I didn't think anyone was exempt from payroll taxes. Could be wrong
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:15 am to mattgr1983
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lack of empathy
The overall lack of empathy around here for poverty is startling when you consider a number of posters participating in this very thread statistically:
-Don't have significant savings/net worth
-A job loss would require begging for debt relief
-Currently couldn't fund their own retirement
Make no mistake...some are one misstep away and they would be looking for help just like those they criticize.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:32 am to brgfather129
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The overall lack of empathy around here for poverty
I love this. Not wanting a huge welfare state and high min wage = lack of empathy.
Perfect example of the modern day Dem. party and their terrible view.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:40 am to tigercreole
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You seem like an unaccomplished, lazy person trying to find a reason to feel better than others. Your insecurity and pussification shows through. At the end of the day, you'll still be an entitled snatch incapable of of achieving anything of significance. Especially, if you have to earn it the right way. You're weak. You can't compete
Cubicle warrior. Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:42 am to Ebbandflow
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The modern conservative pretends to care about people but they only care about people who are fetuses.
What decisions did a fetus make?
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:42 am to brgfather129
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Make no mistake...some are one misstep away and they would be looking for help just like those they criticize.
Like the 21yo ferry operator who gets on here and tries to preach to someone almost twice their age about how to build wealth? Couldn't agree more.
It's part of this whole faux-machismo aura of the alt-right. There are a whole lot of insecurities built into that ethos. That people vote, preach, and act against their own self-interests in order to create a facade of machismo is perhaps the most 'cuck' behavior conceivable.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:43 am to mmmmmbeeer
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common sense reforms
When a liberal says this they are always about to take something away from you.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:44 am to 19557LSU
quote:Who is paying for the care of those children waiting for adoption?
Adoption is still legal and a viable option for unwanted pregnancies.
Posted on 3/25/18 at 10:44 am to mmmmmbeeer
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We want free child care so single parents can work or go to school. We want heavily reduced college tuition and/or free tech school for those who can't afford it.
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It's not about giving freebies.
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