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Originally Posted by Minte
Late? It's 6am here and I have been up for an hour! 
Humor aside, All your points I would have to agree with. But the one that is missing is the mindset of people at the bottom. We have created a nanny state over the years and too many people simply like not having to be responsible for themselves. The 50 year war proved one thing. There is no cure for laziness. |
State of mind is a big one. I grew up in a small town that was mostly a lumber mill town. Most of the people worked in the mills or logging industry or in the local stores/businesses. If you were a foreman at the mill or had your own logging truck you could make a pretty good living, but many people barely scraped by. There were a lot of poor people and many of them had the attitude that they could never make it out of poverty. It was like, "I grew up poor, I'm going to be poor."
I bash our education system (for good reason), but one thing it does provide is upward mobility. Even if a person went to a shitty high school and has a terrible education they can go to a community college and improve themselves then learn how to do a job or work on getting a degree that could lead them to a better job.
Most people aren't built to run their own business and/or be self employed, but anyone, if they have the desire and drive, can improve their life. Sadly, many people don't think it is possible and don't even try.