Main reaaon for economic poverty in USA ?

[Innervoice]

My parents did a great job at providing all of us with a structured upbringing.They also did a great job teaching us to take responsibility for our actions and not blame “ the system” or anyone else.
In todays world, one can greatly minimize their chance of being poor by just making responsible
Decisons.

 

[M.W.]

I only partly agree.

You can today make all the responsible decisions, not blame others, work hard and smart, do your best. And still be completely taken advantage of by the "system" without getting ahead much. The adage "work hard and smart and ultimately you will be successful" gets you to a certain level but then you often times reach a glass ceiling. Unless you play dirty and participate in foul play you won't get past certain gatekeepers at a certain level. Plus you see everyone around you cheating, taking advantage of others, you as an ethical and fair player have hardly a single chance to make it.

I claim that there is a 0.000000% chance as a 100% ethical and rule abiding person to ever become a top politician, a CEO of a large corporation, or academician at the top. Zero.

My parents did a great job at providing all of us with a structured upbringing.They also did a great job teaching us to take responsibility for our actions and not blame “ the system” or anyone else.
In todays world, one can greatly minimize their chance of being poor by just making responsible
Decisons.

 

[Innervoice]

I only partly agree.

You can today make all the responsible decisions, not blame others, work hard and smart, do your best. And still be completely taken advantage of by the "system" without getting ahead much. The adage "work hard and smart and ultimately you will be successful" gets you to a certain level but then you often times reach a glass ceiling. Unless you play dirty and participate in foul play you won't get past certain gatekeepers at a certain level. Plus you see everyone around you cheating, taking advantage of others, you as an ethical and fair player have hardly a single chance to make it.

I claim that there is a 0.000000% chance as a 100% ethical and rule abiding person to ever become a top politician, a CEO of a large corporation, or academician at the top. Zero.

You make good points but you seem to be referencing getting rich. I am talking about making reaponsible decisions and getting out of poverty.
Committing crime and having babies at a young age out of wedlock is almost a guaranteed path to poverty. That is just bad decision making and has nothing to do with a corrupt or racist system.

 

[M.W.]

That I agree with.

You make good points but you seem to be referencing getting rich. I am talking about making reaponsible decisions and getting out of poverty.
Committing crime and having babies at a young age out of wedlock is almost a guaranteed path to poverty. That is just bad decision making and has nothing to do with a corrupt or racist system.

 

[Innervoice]

Im talking about staying out of poverty, not getting rich.
The great society of the 1960’s is greatly responsible for creating a lifestyle of dependency and excuses , especially in the black community. The big question is why has no one really broke the pattern? Its been over 60 years, eventually the pattern has to be broke. Its now up to the individual.

 

[Nine_Ender]

The great society of the 1960’s is greatly responsible for creating a lifestyle of dependency and excuses , especially in the black community.

And there it is, the racism again. If you continue to repeatedly make racist posts all over this site I will ask that you get banned for doing so. Enough of this you've repeated these opinions of yours many. many times. I've reported this post of yours and if you do not cease and desist I'll escalate this.

 

[piezoe]

I claim that there is a 0.000000% chance as a 100% ethical and rule abiding person to ever become a top politician, a CEO of a large corporation, or academician at the top. Zero.

I must profoundly disagree with this remark of yours, as I have been surrounded by exceptions to it all my life.

The big question is why has no one really broke the pattern? Its been over 60 years, eventually the pattern has to be broke.

The pattern is often broken. All we need for a pattern to exist is our empirical observation of what seems to happen most of the time.

 

[Money Trust]

From what I've seen my entire life, especially when I was growing up, one of the main contributors to poverty is a lack of personal responsibility — the idea that your life and destiny is controlled by something or someone other than yourself. In other words, the victimhood mentality. On the flip side, however, you can become rich by selling victimhood.

 

[Money Trust]

And there it is, the racism again. If you continue to repeatedly make racist posts all over this site I will ask that you get banned for doing so. Enough of this you've repeated these opinions of yours many. many times. I've reported this post of yours and if you do not cease and desist I'll escalate this.

I'm black and I see nothing "racist" about his post. In fact, his statement is very factual. In fact, many black conservative historians have pointed out the same thing.

 

[zdreg]

From what I've seen my entire life, especially when I was growing up, one of the main contributors to poverty is a lack of personal responsibility — the idea that your life and destiny is controlled by something or someone other than yourself. In other words, the victimhood mentality. On the flip side, however, you can become rich by selling victimhood.

Hail Sharptom, BLM , Jessie Jackson and the rest of the poverty pimps.