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byAnonymous Coward writes:
Or you are poor in America, working 3 part-time minimum jobs 60+h a week just to pay for food and housing with nothing left over at end of the week.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
I'm from Eastern Europe, and I can't believe that 40-hours a week jobs in America can't feed and house you. I guess it really depends on your expectations about the house and the food.
But since everyone around you has a nice house and car, it would be shameful if you don't - especially if you're married, because then it would be shameful for your wife and children, too. So you're overworking yourself for status in society, so that people don't look down upon you and your family.
bysjames ( 1099 ) writes:
Believe it! That's why Walmart and McDonald's HR include people to help you get food stamps. They know they don't pay well enough to actually live. The expectations are food that is legal to buy for human consumption and housing that hasn't been condemned as uninhabitable.
The car thing is seriously variable. Housing where public transportation is available tends to cost more than housing without it, but then you need a car.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
If all you're capable of is flipping burgers, I don't see why anyone owes you a living.
People get paid what they're worth. If they're worth less than they're paid, they get replaced by machines.
A neurosurgeon is worth more to society than a burger flipper.
When did worthlessness become a badge? "Boohoo, I'm such a pathetic piece of shit, the most I can do is flip burgers when the machine beeps at me. You owe me a living!"
Now, if you're a single parent dealing with a family, then you're going to need the f
bysjames ( 1099 ) writes:
Keep treating an underclass like that long enough and eventually they (and you) discover they're also good at shooting and arson. Sound good to you?
Meanwhile since you're carping on about part time when I was very specific about full time, I presume you're just having fun shitting on people.
byGigsVT ( 208848 ) writes:
Except they don't own guns and they keep voting for people that want to ban them. So... yeah, not going to happen.
bysjames ( 1099 ) writes:
REALLY?!? I thought gangs with guns was a huge problem we had to solve. Now you're saying they have none and can't get any (even through robbery)?
byGigsVT ( 208848 ) writes:
It is interesting how much your "well off liberal" rhetoric overlaps with "fox-type conservative". You are both afraid of some dark skinned boogyman. Except, your plan is appeasement, while the conservative plan is self-defense.
bysjames ( 1099 ) writes:
No. I have no such fear and I had no particular complexion in mind. I was also picturing the standard southern redneck equipped with rifle rack in the pickup truck though to be honest, I have a hard time imagining that they have any problem with access to guns.
Perhaps your fox-type conservatism can't picture a liberal (not so well off but doing OK) who supports the 2nd ammendment?
byGigsVT ( 208848 ) writes:
I'm seeing far more liberals (on the internet, generally pretty wealthy) that are pro-guns, so not that hard for me to picture. But I will grant you the average conservative probably wouldn't get it.
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