Gruss my friend, with you everything is economic analysis. This piece is intended to perhaps provide an insight. Not to explain causes or to provide solutions. While I congratulate you on sticking it out through college, I submit that while you were sleeping on friends couches or in the 24-hour room at the library or whatever it was that you were doing, that it probably pretty much sucked, maybe as much as trying to feed and house two small children on fifty cents an hour. And furthermore, I submit, had you been in the path of a natural disaster during that time, you would also have needed some help to get out. Many people do at various times need some sort of help with something. By the way, when I was in the flood I was not over-extended because Iwas not working -- I had a long pay-on-completion project that would have meant a great deal of repeat work once I turned it in. I was about 80% through. But enough about that. I think Deanna is right. It is easy to say get a job, or go to school. It does not work out that well for everyone. The fact that you and I are some of the lucky does not make us smarter, or better prepared necessarily. It could well be that some of us are merely lucky and smug ;P Dana
On 9/23/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deanna wrote: > > Even when there is a strong desire to be self-sufficient, breaking out > of > > poverty is much more difficult than you suggest. > > > > Well, I was the only one to attend college in my family so I had to > blaze my own trail. I grew up lower middle class and had few role > models. What that means is that you're odd to even go to college and, > if you do, you don't know what to study or what the tricks are to > bypass the usual "paying your dues" route to financial security. > > Since I choose to move away to college I was "homeless" for a good > year; that is, too poor to pay rent. Of course I always had a home > to fall back on should things really get tough, so I can't compare it > to people truly on their own. I also had no car. > > I don't mean the minimize the work, however I'm saying it's possible > *with* work. That is, people have a choice. It may not be fair or > attractive, but it's a choice. If you're poor in, say, Mexico you've > got no choice. > > The reason I'm not sure I like the pull on the heartstrings is because > it may emphasize the problem rather than the solution. > > I said it before, but I think the movie Hustle & Flow really > highlights what it's like to be poor. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174854 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
