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Mr Puggsly said:
the2real4mafol said:
Mr Puggsly said:


American Poverty = Living in better conditions than most of the world with an opportunity to get out of poverty

Tell that to the poor in places like Detroit, Chicago or LA or any big city. If you're born poor you are likely to stay poor unless very lucky.

Its not about luck, its about working hard and developing skills.

That's how you get out of poverty and get opportunities.

People who paid thousands of dollars to get into college can't get jobs. You expect a dude who has a high school degree working for 8$ to be able to get out of poverty while all the while praying he doesn't get into an accident because there's no nationalized health care and he has to pay it all out of his pocket.

Most developed European countries have much better social welfare than the United States. So no, I'd rather be poor in many other nations.