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<blockquote data-quote="jrerun21" data-source="post: 3508026" data-attributes="member: 570954"><p>First of all... where did I say that I was the person that needed the hand out.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what the makeup of your community was, but there are a lot of factors involved in stunting the growth of certain communities.&nbsp; If you want to look at statistics, then you&#039;ll notice that there is a correlation between poverty and pregnancy rates.&nbsp; The fact that you had two parents with working jobs says something.&nbsp; There are plenty of areas where mass lay-offs.&nbsp; Don&#039;t think I&#039;m saying people shouldn&#039;t work hard.&nbsp; I&#039;m saying that there are examples of people that do all that they can and it still isn&#039;t sufficient. There&#039;s a difference between being in the lower-middle class and being impoverished. It&#039;s hard to get out off a certain economic bracket when the system is built to keep people in debt: credit cards and loans.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a major in economics... far from it... biochem and molecular bio.&nbsp; But I&#039;m telling you what I have observed.&nbsp; Nobody can based the world off their personal experiences.&nbsp; So we have two cases, what I&#039;ve noticed, and what you&#039;ve noticed.&nbsp; This is why there are disparities in any argument and debate is good to foster new ideas on how to solve problems.&nbsp; Work harder is not the best solution when the economy plays a part.&nbsp; No matter what statistics say, pockets don&#039;t lie.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jrerun21, post: 3508026, member: 570954"] First of all... where did I say that I was the person that needed the hand out. I don't know what the makeup of your community was, but there are a lot of factors involved in stunting the growth of certain communities. If you want to look at statistics, then you'll notice that there is a correlation between poverty and pregnancy rates. The fact that you had two parents with working jobs says something. There are plenty of areas where mass lay-offs. Don't think I'm saying people shouldn't work hard. I'm saying that there are examples of people that do all that they can and it still isn't sufficient. There's a difference between being in the lower-middle class and being impoverished. It's hard to get out off a certain economic bracket when the system is built to keep people in debt: credit cards and loans. I'm not a major in economics... far from it... biochem and molecular bio. But I'm telling you what I have observed. Nobody can based the world off their personal experiences. So we have two cases, what I've noticed, and what you've noticed. This is why there are disparities in any argument and debate is good to foster new ideas on how to solve problems. Work harder is not the best solution when the economy plays a part. No matter what statistics say, pockets don't lie. [/QUOTE]

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