With Day of Protests, Fast-Food Workers Seek More Pay

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Yeah, if only poor people weren't so lazy and stupid, they wouldn't be poor.

Glad you made it, AVG. There are millions who work just as hard as you and never do.

The "everyone can be a millionaire if they just work hard" idea is so childish and simplistic. As the old saying goes, the world needs ditchdiggers, too. Not everyone in society can be rich.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

So, yes, I can not rightly say I know anyone who did not bust his/her hump and not get ahead.

Really? So the implication is that someone who isn't rich or successful or happy in their job is that they're lazy. That's absolutely not true.

Michael Jordan was a great basketball player who worked very hard and made a buttload of money doing it. He was also a baseball player that worked very hard and batted .202.

Put it another way: The investment banker who drives a Porsche works long hours. So does the guy who washes the Porsche. Why don't they make the same amount of money? Face it - luck plays a large part in success. The investment banker is lucky to be living in a society where his skill in analyzing financial statements in advance of an IPO is valued as highly as it is.