My aunts and uncles raised families that thought of welfare as a way of life. Back when they used to give surplus food instead of food stamps, my aunt would complain about the food so my parents would take it. I really liked the cheese. I hated the powdered skim milk but the food definitely covered the necessities.



People don't get rich by spending pay check to pay check. You need to save and invest in tomorrow. I think that's the main problem a lot of people have. Not only do they not save, they spend into the future. If they can get the credit, they use it. Live it up now, worry about it later.

I would be more in favor of temporary welfare if the tax system wasn't so "progressive". 

It's easy to favor welfare programs if you're not having to pay for them.

I forgot I replied to this,

I’m not comparing the value of the work just the energy expended. I felt that suggesting you try and work 100 hrs. in construction made that clear. Bottom line some jobs require 2 to 2 times the physical energy output per hour as what a CEO’s work entails and you simply can’t physically work the same hours, at least not for very long.

The more money you have the more time you have to devote to work. The poor can’t afford to pay anyone to do anything for them. The wealthy don’t have to do shit that isn’t work related unless they have kids.

The problem with the census is it was random. Employers don’t like to pay overtime so for the census to be meaningful they should have only included the self-employed when polling the poor. It’s not always possible to get a second job. Most jobs can only be done in the day so you would have to work a job outside of your field, which probably isn’t going to make enough difference to be worth it.

Rich people are rich because they are smarter than the average person, inherited a lot of money from their parents who were smarter than the average person, or won the lottery.

Rich people often donate to charity because when they do, they're taxes get reduced (this is true!)
Of course some will donate because they care about the cause

It's hard to define rich, because every person has a different opinion of what makes someone rich.

ex:
1) A kid grows up in the ghetto, the kid who lives in the middle class suburban neighborhood will be considered rich to the kid who lives in the ghetto.
2) A kid grew up in the suburban neighborhood, with parents who work average jobs, who can't afford to pay for college for their kid, or apt./dorm rent (for the kid if they must move out for school), or give them money monthly to shop etc., which forces the kid to get a part time job and take out loans.
A kid who grew up in the same suburban neighborhood, with a bigger house, parents have better jobs, they can afford to pay many things for the kids............but to be able to afford all these things the dad has to continue working till he's 65 to put the kid through school (this will still be considered rich to the other suburban kid who doesn't get all that)
3) Then you have the third which is MY definition of truly rich. The kid that grows up in a mansion, who doesn't have to worry about working a day in their life (because they will get an inheritance), who got a bmw at 16, who gets a shopping allowance of god knows what / month...
This will be considered to rich to the other suburban kid who gets close to the same amount of things, but won't get an inheritance and still have to worry about their futur.
Anyway no matter how you define RICH there is always someone RICHER than you..............