Poor people suck, they’re lazy, uneducated, and here is why they suck – THEY DO NOT CARE.

People who are poor are bad at making decisions.
They cannot distinguish between the easy way and the hard way. Most often they get the two reversed.
It might sound silly but consider:

Not studying in public school seems easy but in reality it’s the most difficult way to get through school and consequently life.

Many poor think that getting and holding a constant job is good never realizing that it is a dead-end position whose payment scheme is not tied to performance and consistency.
Espeically when other companies would pay more for similar skill sets.

Poor people make pitiful purchasing decisions:
They think food is easy to buy, but really it is not, it is much easier to grow and forage food.

They think it is better to buy sodas and junk food on sale, when in reality is is better to only drink water and eat whole foods.

They think paying the utility company to cook food is better, when in reality it is better to use a simple free tin foil solar oven or start eating more raw foods.

Etc, etc, etc….

Poor people make poor decisions….it’s that simple.

Factories and dealerships will begin laying people off and products will become stagnant until dealers drops the prices back down to acceptable levels.

Unfortunately, but realistically we need poor people as much as we need the rich. The question that we have to answer is which one would we want to be?

This is nice to believe. But how do we know what we’d do in other people’s shoes? And here’s something to think about: What if tomorrow everyone was blessed with large amount of ambition, drive, and intelligence. What if everyone followed the rules, graduated from high school, went to college, didn’t have kids when they couldn’t afford them, were smart with money. Does our world have enough opportunities for everyone? What if all the janitors and maids, walmart and mcdonalds workers, pizza delivery people, etc, suddenly started doing everything you did to make sure you wouldn’t be stuck in those jobs. Would society shift and allow everyone the opportunity to work in rewarding and well-paying careers? Or would we have college educated people who followed all the rules unable to find work and losing their homes?

Many low income people in America and other countries with similar access to resources (poor people) remain low income because they do not devote as much time and effort to improving their financial situation (IE they’re lazy) as those who apply more effort to improve their financial situation. Regardless of race, sex, disability or other adverse circumstances: the individuals who work harder and smarter will generally improve their financial situation while those that don’t work as hard will generally not.

In other words: poor people are lazy =)

Thank you and good night.

It’s really, then, not about how much one makes. It’s not instantly making the claim that one who is poort is lazy. It truly is a behavioral thing. You hand me $5 and I’ll look for ways to turn it into $10. If you hand a $5 to someone else he may go and see what he can find what DVD he can buy in the bargain bin.

It’s just a fact.

Those who take responsibility are first to point out that it’s their own doing that brought what happened to them – either good or bad.

Those who don’t take responsibility blame everything else except them for anything that happens to them – if it’s bad it’s other people, circumstances, bad luck – if it’s good it’s luck.

The thing is – the irresponsible react with hostility hearing the word ‘Responsible’ – they think that it means pointing the blame. In other words, they are afraid of being put to blame and defend themselves blindly anytime someone points out that their life is their responsibility.

So Trent, anytime you or JD will use the ‘R’ word they will respond with “it’s not that simple!” or outright rage :P

It is not that (all) poor people are lazy. It is that (many) lazy people are poor.
‘If A then B’ DOES NOT EQUAL ‘If B then A’

Saying that laziness will often leave people poor does not mean that poor people could not become so any other way, or that all poor people are lazy. Merely that if you personally are lazy, you have a much higher likelihood of ending up poor.
And ‘poor’ should not be taken to mean ‘anyone without large amounts of money’, especially if they have chosen not to pursue. ‘Poor’ is ‘struggles to provide the basic life securities for themself and their family, and/or trapped in an unwanted life by lack of financial freedom’.

I truly believe the NUMBER ONE way to get yourself up out of poverty (and to avoid it if you are not already there) is to NOT get pregnant until you can afford it. This means don’t get prego in high school, and don’t continue to get knocked up for several more years until you have several children you cannot afford. And don’t you dare blame society if you do CHOOSE to live your life this way.

This goes for men, too, who go around knocking up those women. It takes two to tango!

Since you are child free, you are also free to live frugally, get room mates, whatever, take one class at a time if you have to, to better yourself and your life. For many people, the opportunity for self betterment dissappears when a child is born (or at least they think it dissappears).

The problem comes when they get a shock to the system and the money is interupted– then they are exposed and at a loss to help themselves. With the current economy there are plenty of examples if you look around for them.

The girl may not be lazy, but she’ll probably always be poor.