Here come the Democratic Taxes

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

I never said capitalism didn't work. In fact it works wonderfully, for who its meant to.

Right. But if you want it to work for you, you have to actually participate in it. Just sitting on the sidelines and screaming about what everyone else is doing won't help you. I think that's the ultimate reason why some don't make it in the system. Because they refuse to participate. They'd rather participate in crying and moaning over "class envy" issues, made up "social injustice", and other things. Individuals are solely responsible for their own outcomes. That applies in the real world. Not some school textbook, or what comes out of the mouth of a lefty professor in some social science course.

I can't imagine every poor person chooses to be poor, or that poverty is purely a result of sloth. Its such a facile idea.

Not necessarily. Just some choose to be poor by making bad decisions. Put another way, People make bad choices...which leads to poverty. Making babies you can't afford is one of the prime examples of how to keep yourself in abject poverty. Watching loads of TV at night rather than taking some night school courses and trying to develop valuable marketable skills is another way not to get ahead. Dropping out of high school and choosing to engage in criminal activity is another way you may end up poor. If you want to make it in a free society, it's up to you to do the work. Not the government to make everything right for you. I swear some people would do alot better, get richer, and have a better quality of life if they would focus on what they need to do to succeed rather than worrying about what everyone else has. Individuals nned to take responsibility for their own outcomes.