> Dana wrote: > Gruss, I don't think you and I are talking about the same kind of broke.
So your contention is that because I'm not poor anymore and think that poor can be self-inflicted I never could have been? Huh. Well, I disagree as former poor loser. My contention is that poor can be self-inflicted, as it was for me: I chose to be dumb, drunk, and poor. I'm no judge of when someone is mentally beyond the line of accepting responsibility, but in my experience it's very few. But you tell me: what percentage of people making below, say, $35k for a family of 4 would you say are there because of circumstances beyond their control? 100%? 50%? What would you estimate and why? My estimate is 20% because of the all the people I know - damn near every one is first an alcoholic and second poor. Or low class if that's what we call below middle class but above poverty. So 80% choose it and 20% have something beyond their control: health, mental, etc. BTW - moving is a choice. If there ain't no jobs in the woods move to the city. That's what I did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237008 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
