Posted by strikeout26 on 9/18/2018 2:39:00 PM (view original):
Very good points, CCCP. That is for enough salad for the a family of 3. It's all about choices. Poor people tend to make worse choices. Fat people tend to make poor choices. It's reality. It's not a fun reality, but it's reality nevertheless. To say otherwise, is just being blind and naive.
So Tang, please tell me how eating healthy is more expensive again?
I don't know what else to say but that you are plain wrong.
One of the most prevalent misconceptions about the poor in America is that they are poor because they are lazy. This misconception is extremely instrumental in the perpetuation of biases and stigmas against the poor.
Many people ignore the poor, justify their dislike of the poor, or view their poverty as deserved because they think that those in poverty could come into wealth if they just worked harder. This view, however, cannot account for the facts.
In 2008, 64% of those in poverty were unable to work due to being too young or too old, due to a disability of some kind, or because they simply could not find a job. In 2010, more than 10.6 million people in poverty were part of the “working poor” group, meaning that they were part of the labor force at least 27 weeks, and 2.6 million of them worked full-time and still remained under the poverty line.
Also, a large portion of the poverty population is constituted by the homeless, and in 2009 the NCH (National Coalition for the Homeless) reported that the homeless are often forced into such a situations: 50% of homeless women ran away from domestic violence, and over 67 thousand veterans were homeless due to physical or mental injuries from time in the service, and 40% of the homeless teen population is made up of homosexual or bisexual teens who had been run out of their homes.
Similarly, in 2010 4.1 million people aged 18-64 that lived below the poverty line reported having a disability of some kind. The underlying suggestion in all these statistics is that the homeless and those in poverty are in that state for a multitude of reasons that often have nothing to do with work ethic, laziness, or strength as a person.
Is this to say that there aren’t any lazy people in poverty? Of course not. There are lazy poor people just as there are lazy rich people, but when searching for causes of poverty there are many factors to explore such as economic instability, cultural discrimination, physical or mental disability, or familial problems.
Is this to say there is always an excuse for being poor? Of course not. But there is ample evidence to conclude that laziness plays a limited role in poverty in comparison to the multitude of other relevant factors at play.
https://www.socialworkdegreecenter.com/10-common-misconceptions-poor/
There is many more where that came from. You also just said that opportunity is equal in the USA, when previously you agreed that it is not. The USA is not a meritocracy. That is a complete myth. Also, your logic doesn't explain why generational poverty occurs. THERE ARE MANY, MANY REASONS WHY PEOPLE FALL INTO POVERTY.