spurgeonryan said:Go to Fucking School! Work hard! Stop waiting for handouts! Now I hope you all get fired for walking out!
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It's not that simple.
There are many people born into situations that do not give them the means to get a good education, and hard work is not a guarantee of moving up and earning a livable wage for them and their families.
Many poverty-stricken areas do not have decent paying jobs, or even many low-wage jobs, and unemployment is high.
Race also plays a factor. People of color, especially black Americans, are often discriminated against in hiring and wages. Then there are other factors such as discrimination in the justice system that sees them arrested at disproportionate levels and charged with crimes that prevent them from receiving financial aid for school and leave them with records so they're at even more of a disadvantage of getting a job.
There are many factors are work here besides people "being lazy" and your situation is not indicative of anyone else's opportunities or prospects.
Poverty is systemic. If it were a matter of an individual working hard or not, poverty rates would be nearly non-existant.
