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The majority of people who are poor are either young and paying their dues or else they work less, work less intelligently, have less discipline and focus, and contribute less to the wealth and infrastructure of our culture. Very many of them already take out a lot more than they put in, not because of inability but because of choice.
It's considered in bad taste to make moral distinctions about why people are poor, but too bad. I've been poor and I know what the poor are like. A minority are incapable of making better lives for themselves. The majority aren't career-minded, to say the least. They take low-skill jobs and don't invest in themselves, in favor of entertainment and recreational drugs as favorite off-duty activities.
If we want to try to identify and subsidize the "deserving" poor, fine. But let's stop wringing our hands about the plight of most poor people--since most of them *deserve* to be poor.
So, why were you poor?
-- Ronn! :)
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