Is being poor a good thing?

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Is being crippled a good thing?

lmao, being poor you work your ass off so the corporation can maximize their profit from your hard labor. It maybe good for the company but I guess the pay are so low that it make one's life very difficult; like slavery except with more freedom.
:evil:
"Not to mention, this trailor park is known for drug busts once a week easy, has several of the lower members of society living there, and none of the trailors are kept up by the owner of the trailor park. There is grass in some areas, used tires stuck in the ground acting as a guard rail for the small driveways they have. Etc...


Yeah, it's sad thinking of the poor people, and I hope to God that I don't turn out to be a poor people person when I have kids. I already live on my own, and I'm not a poor people person (ppp) just yet, and I don't see it happening anytime soon unless I lose my job. If all else fails, I'll move back with my parents...I'm not ashamed.
"
Any person has to work indefinitely regardless of income, unless you can cheat the system and have income keep coming in like a business that can run itself with little or no work.

 

[Ameesh]

ive been poor, i didn't like it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Being poor gives you perspective.

Exactly. This poll fvcking sucks. I grew up poor and my family never once used any form of government assistance like welfare.

 

[RobCur]

It's not easy to qualify for welfare, you must be flat broke; and not have any income:shocked:

 

[BooGiMaN]

you stated your poor..do you see that as a good thing?

what things have you personally done for money as when you stated 'poor people will literally do anything for money'?


so if you were suddenly rich you would live life as you do now, and not be materialistic by buying a big house, cars, jewelry, nice clothes and other materialistic things?

 

[RobCur]

The problem is that no one can be rich overnight or by mysterical events like "wow, one day I'm poor, the next day I am rich!, bless you god "
In America, like everywhere else, we have too many poor people and not enough rich ones. Life ain't fair, do microsoft deserve to be rich? Hell no. Do most people deserve to be poor? Hell no.
It's not their choice, their life must stinks like a man who has very little to live on except a little food to keep him alive. I could careless is microsoft loses all their money due to antitrust lawsuits and then give it back to the people who have paid too much in taxes and the government is not helping most of them either except only a few that are really starving or disabled.
What it's like to be rich? I'd only been poor all my life and the best I've did was made more then 7k in savings but lost 90 percent it due to investment in the stock market(scam) during the year 2000-2002

 

[Wahsapa]

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: RobCur
i maybe poor in terms of wealth but i am pretty rich in knowledge and wisdom.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

huh?
:roll:

i believe sacrates said "true knowledge is knowing you know nothing."

may i suggest taking an economics and philosphy class at your local community college because obviously your dumbass needs some education.

also please take an english class while you are at it.

we have yet to see your wisdom(stock market scam huh?) or your knowledge(intel really beats amd does it?)

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Being poor gives you perspective.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: SampSon
Being poor gives you perspective.

everyone should try the life on the bottom at least once
<--- living it right now

Dogg

:thumbsup:

 

[Orsorum]

The funny thing is the difference of opinion between different sorts of people. I've noticed that those people whom I've come to know who are poor by means of their own sloth tend to idolize poverty, as though poverty is close to holiness. I've also noticed that by and large the very wealthy people who I know tend to idolize wealth in a similar manner - with a great deal of self-righteous self-serving bias thrown in as well. What's really neat is to know people who grew up poor, but who worked their way up the ranks and have done well for themselves both career-wise and financially, who tend to (tend to, of course) have a very balanced view, neither extreme: the world is what we make of it, and neither wealth nor poverty is inherently evil.

And of course there are many well-adjusted people of all income levels. Poverty itself isn't a bad thing, but envy and the siezing of the property of others for your own consumption because "They're rich", and "they can afford it", is certainly travelling down that road to evil. Of course, like all things the opposite is true; Scrooge wouldn't have fit through the eye of a needle.

Ah, heck, now I'm rambling.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
The funny thing is the difference of opinion between different sorts of people. I've noticed that those people whom I've come to know who are poor by means of their own sloth tend to idolize poverty, as though poverty is close to holiness. I've also noticed that by and large the very wealthy people who I know tend to idolize wealth in a similar manner - with a great deal of self-righteous self-serving bias thrown in as well. What's really neat is to know people who grew up poor, but who worked their way up the ranks and have done well for themselves both career-wise and financially, who tend to (tend to, of course) have a very balanced view, neither extreme: the world is what we make of it, and neither wealth nor poverty is inherently evil.

And of course there are many well-adjusted people of all income levels. Poverty itself isn't a bad thing, but envy and the siezing of the property of others for your own consumption because "They're rich", and "they can afford it", is certainly travelling down that road to evil. Of course, like all things the opposite is true; Scrooge wouldn't have fit through the eye of a needle.

Ah, heck, now I'm rambling.

Interesting rambling though, especially your first paragraph. I'm hoping to work towards becoming the third type you describe.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: Orsorum
The funny thing is the difference of opinion between different sorts of people. I've noticed that those people whom I've come to know who are poor by means of their own sloth tend to idolize poverty, as though poverty is close to holiness. I've also noticed that by and large the very wealthy people who I know tend to idolize wealth in a similar manner - with a great deal of self-righteous self-serving bias thrown in as well. What's really neat is to know people who grew up poor, but who worked their way up the ranks and have done well for themselves both career-wise and financially, who tend to (tend to, of course) have a very balanced view, neither extreme: the world is what we make of it, and neither wealth nor poverty is inherently evil.

And of course there are many well-adjusted people of all income levels. Poverty itself isn't a bad thing, but envy and the siezing of the property of others for your own consumption because "They're rich", and "they can afford it", is certainly travelling down that road to evil. Of course, like all things the opposite is true; Scrooge wouldn't have fit through the eye of a needle.

Ah, heck, now I'm rambling.

Interesting rambling though, especially your first paragraph. I'm hoping to work towards becoming the third type you describe.

As am I. My mother grew up in a family of 15 children, her father died when she was 9 (good heavens, that was in 1953! Shhh, a gentleman never reveals his mother's age.), dirty poor, on a farm in Tillamook, OR. She has exactly that mentality that I described, she is hardworking, frugal, and wise. I could hope to have such an attitude, with as privileged an upbringing as I have been granted.

 

[klah]

your research is terrible

 

[RobCur]

some people enjoy being poor??? I dont get it! I suppose if I were to give things that are worth alot of money to them, they will not accept?
saying... I look down on them It's no wonder why their poor, won't accept any kind of donation or willing to take what they need.

 

[dragonballgtz]

<------ very poor person.

Hell no it's not a good thing. It sucks ass. You have to work 50+ hours at a dead end, backbreaking, crappy ass job just to put food on the table and have a roof over your head.

If you do want to work at a good office job you need better higher learning. But you can't go to college because you can't afford it. So you are fvcked.

some people enjoy being poor??? I dont get it! I suppose if I were to give things that are worth alot of money to them, they will not accept?

saying... I look on them It's no wonder why their poor, won't accept any kind of donation or willing to take what they need.

Bullsh!t give it to me I'll take it.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Wahsapa

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: RobCur
i maybe poor in terms of wealth but i am pretty rich in knowledge and wisdom.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

huh?
:roll:

i believe sacrates said "true knowledge is knowing you know nothing."

may i suggest taking an economics and philosphy class at your local community college because obviously your dumbass needs some education.

also please take an english class while you are at it.

we have yet to see your wisdom(stock market scam huh?) or your knowledge(intel really beats amd does it?)

I think youre the dumbass who needs to take the philosophy and english classes, considering that you cant even spell socrates OR philosophy.

That being said, I grew up relatively poor, and it most certainly does give you perspective. Unfortunately now I'm surrounded by many kids who grew up well to do or just plain rich, and quite simply dont understand why I dont care about money as much as they do.

 

[RobCur]

We need another revolution, get rid of debt completely and take back our land. the government, the elitist owns everything including our life, our way of life and even our children are brainwashed to be a servant obedient like a dog on a leash. school teach that our government is kind and that we are free. lmao!

Everytime we have a say on government matters, they threaten us with our life, and pursuit of happiness. Why do most people obey them completely? fear of being jailed or even shot like most think? paranoidness, unable to think for themselves, the need to be ruled by an authority or they don't feel safe. safe from what? your next door neighbor gonna rob you or even kill you? lol.
more people in usa are in jailed then the rest of the world combined, most of them are victimless crime.
jail is like a prison camp for the citizen who were blamed for something he/she may or may not commited at all. you don't need any evidence, all it takes is a few accuser, even one would be sufficient.

You wonder why most poor people are in jail? because of those underserving rich fvcktard who robbed us of our wealth, starting with our parents, the kids then has to steal to meet their needs.
Is it wrong to steal? hell yes, whether you have a right or not. as long as the rich steals from the poor, it is ok because the law protects only them, not the poor by use of income tax, sales tax, property tax, and even your tax accountant is a thief.

Now why the fvckwould I buy a software like windowsxp for 99.00 when it cost me my time and painful labor for something that cost next to nothing to produce!
This nation is ruled by king and queen just like England. History did not change, and probably never will because I am going to be jailed for saying all this or even a death sentence and no one is uprising.
I don't know how people could stand living as a slave, are never free and try to be happy even when their not.
Why most aren't revolting? they might lose their life, but if all of us do it, their will be a change for the better. The population isn't united, we are all against each other, hell even my neighbor despies me.
in short, people are the biggest loser on the fact of this planet.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

most poor people are not in jail. perhaps you mean to say most people in jail are poor? but the same reasoning and behavior that would put them in jail is the same stuff that would keep them from being successful.

i guess windows does cost next to nothing to produce (as long as you conveniently forget the thousands of man hours and millions in salaries paid to americans to create it).

i also have a suspicion about why your neighbor hates you. its because you are fvcking stupid.

 

[Cook1]

There's different degrees of poor.