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Originally Posted by lorenavedon
a lot of people starting at the bottom might have a bit more issues and factors that affect their ability to just "go earn it". Someone's life can't be summed up with catch phrases or general bull#### like "lots of work out there, pick up a hammer and shut up". That's a real hick mentality that doesn't take into account all the factors that surround a person in poverty. Equating poverty with laziness is insulting and discriminatory. The most lazy people I know are well off middle class.
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Poor people arent poor because they're lazy. Poor people are poor because the continously make decisions that lead to that result, and continuously fail to take steps that would lead them out of it.