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My Fellow Americans: The Poor

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  1. 1. Which of the following statements you generally agree with? (select all that apply)

    • "I am my brother's keeper." - I share responsibility in the welfare of my fellow Americans.
      23
    • Poor Americans are poor by choice.
      10
    • Poor Americans are foolish with their money.
      12
    • Poor Americans tend to be fat and lazy.
      11
    • I would never accept any government assistance, even if it meant letting my children starve.
      3
    • Poor Americans make poor choices.
      15
    • Some poor Americans are just down on their luck, but that's how a free market works.
      30
    • Poor Americans don't deserve any sympathy or compassion.
      6
    • Poor Americans tend to leech off the more productive Americans.
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    • I have never been poor because I chose not to be poor.
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    • I have experienced poverty firsthand and I have a better understanding of poverty than most Americans.
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    • I have received government assistance at least once in my life because I was poor.
      13

  2. 2. You are:

    • Male - USC
      20
    • Male - foreigner
      7
    • Female - USC
      18
    • Female - foreigner
      10

  3. 3. You consider yourself politically....

    • Liberal
      22
    • Moderate
      19
    • Conservative
      14

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I AM NOT THAT GUY Grand Master

I AM NOT THAT GUY   5,715

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I have never been rich. Does that mean I am poor?

Some people get dealt shitty hands. I am a poker player. It's how you play the cards that matters. But if you are standing on an off ramp begging for money, sorry, I got no sympathy for you.

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I AM NOT THAT GUY Grand Master

I AM NOT THAT GUY   5,715

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Poverty is a state of mind.

-_-

You don't really need 3 meals a day. And you don't really need healthcare, you have God's own universal health plan - your immune system.

That comes in handy when you are dumpster diving. Food shouldn't be a problem in the US. That is one thing there seems to be an abundance of. The food banks here can't seem to give it all away.

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one...two...tree Grand Master

one...two...tree   2,762

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I have never been rich. Does that mean I am poor?

Some people get dealt shitty hands. I am a poker player. It's how you play the cards that matters. But if you are standing on an off ramp begging for money, sorry, I got no sympathy for you.

'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searc...thew%2025:31-46

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peejay Mentor

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Charity must be given freely and willingly. Coersive confiscation and redistribution of wealth is not charitable.

"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

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one...two...tree Grand Master

one...two...tree   2,762

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Charity must be given freely and willingly. Coersive confiscation and redistribution of wealth is not charitable.

Were you coerced into paying into Social Security and Medicare or did the Feds just confiscate it?

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Nagishkaw Grand Master

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I have never been rich. Does that mean I am poor?

Some people get dealt shitty hands. I am a poker player. It's how you play the cards that matters. But if you are standing on an off ramp begging for money, sorry, I got no sympathy for you.

'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searc...thew%2025:31-46

You forgot...The poor you will always have with you.

Don't just open your mouth and prove yourself a fool....put it in writing.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out, the uglier everything seems.

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Ban Hammer Grand Master

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Charity must be given freely and willingly. Coersive confiscation and redistribution of wealth is not charitable.

Were you coerced into paying into Social Security and Medicare or did the Feds just confiscate it?

yes, it's the law.

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

USE THE REPORT BUTTON INSTEAD OF MESSAGING A MODERATOR!

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