How does it feel to be poor?
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cool skill said:
I earn less than that ....and I'm perfectly happy and content. My food bill is just over $2 per day. My entertainment bill is $39 per month for the Internet connection ...the library is free, so I read novels for free.
Just so you know, I was raised poor, so I know a little bit about it. And ya' know, interestingly, I was one of the happiest, most content kids in the whole school. All the rest of 'em seemed so concerned about getting a car, or going to the movies, or buying new clothes, or .....any of millions of things that they thought would make them happy. None of it ever did.
Baron Max
not true. when my brother was working for his old engineering firm, they were charging $40 an hour for his labour, and paying him just over the minimum wage of $9.15 at the time. that other $30 goes into the pocket of the owner. the rich leech from the labour of the workers.
Dude, your bro wouldn't have even been paid the 9.15 if it weren't for someone else's ability to bring to life a firm able to offer product to a market willing to pay the firm's asking price which the firm was willing to share with him for drone work.vslayer said:
If your bro wants to earn more than 9.15, more like 40.00, all he has to do is form his own firm able to command 40.00 from the free market.
If he can't do that, he's worth only the 9.15 he's so far been able to negotiate in trade.
What are you, a communist? You don't like being poor? Get a better job. Or maybe get an education so you can get a better job.cool skill said:
I've been poor. When I was supporting a wife and kid and working my way thru college. I did yard work, worked at seven-eleven, worked at a factory, even worked for the government. Most of the time I had more than one job in addition to being a full time student.
I paid my dues, and now do quite well. You could do the same. Stop bitching and get to work.
Ha! I'm in the same situation right now...madanthonywayne said:
Except that the govenrment won't allow me to work and will separate me from my wife and child if I try to work... :bugeye:
Minimum wage(at $6.15 an hour) is like $750 a month after taxes, that's not really what I consider poor, closer to lower-middle class. My moms has supported 8 kids from $402 a month and uber food stamps for like 5 years now. If you're unhappy with life, either learn a little about real estate, save up and invest, or save your money, go buy a pound of (insert random drug here), and flip it. Keep doing that until you have enough money to buy a gas station or something. If that's too hard for you, go to school.
Fraggle Rocker
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It's been demonstrated many times that "poor" people only feel bad when they begin thinking of themselves as unfortunate. And this generally only happens in times and places where there is a large disparity in prosperity so the "poor" have "rich" people to observe as a reference standard. In times and places where almost everyone is not only "poor" but actually less prosperous than the people who are perceived in modern America as "poor," they tend not to be as dissatisfied.
Poverty is, then, a state of mind rather than an economic condition.
Poverty is, then, a state of mind rather than an economic condition.
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I love you, Fraggle...Fraggle Rocker said:
I wanna know that too!!original said:
Maybe all that he eats is Kraft(tm) food!
In other words: junk.
Ramen noodles?
Do you mean you're on welfare? I was never on welfare, although my wife signed up for WIC without telling me.TruthSeeker said: