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Originally Posted by Jacks
Let's clear the air here, it was mentioned in this thread that people couldn't save enough for down payments on houses because their jobs didn't pay enough. I said that I know many people who say that but who spend hundreds of dollars every month on things they don't need. I never said that poor people are poor because they spend all their money on smokes and booze.
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Not sure if you're posting in reference to what I said, but I'm not accusing you in particular of anything. Though from my experience -- which is of course completely anecdotal -- a number of people these days tend to view those they perceive as "poor" as being that way because of their own faults, or deficiencies, or vices. As the popular saying goes, "the cream always rises to the top," and by association that must mean those at the bottom are the inefficient dregs that have sunk there due to their own merits, or lack thereof.
Maybe that impression comes from those with city-life cynicism. Toronto has a lot of that.