People that are poor, are poor b/c they 1.Don't know better. 2. Health illness (major cripling one, or mental reason). 3. You come in this country at a late

People that are poor, are poor b/c they 1.Don't know better. 2. Health illness (major cripling one, or mental reason). 3. You come in this country at a late age (i.e. 55+) There are really no other reasons. I have two families, one of my uncle, and one of my first cousin, that came to the US (with green cards), and had to restart their lives all from the beginning. All they had was 5k. For a family of 4, that is very little, and goes by very fast, yet, 10 years later, they are both doing great. My uncle had to work as pizza deliver person, then truck driver, until found a good job in a car dealership. His wife, had to be a waitress for a while (it sucked, as she was not good for it), but eventually ended up becoming a "accountant helper" for a hospital. 8 years later, she is primary person, managing their money, both of their kids ended up in good private schools, and now one goes to Dartmouth, the other to a good college. They own a house, (bought at reasonable rates, before this buble), cars and all that, living the true american dream. My other's cousin family, is having a little bit harder time, as they have to get menial jobs, but my cousin became a teacher assistent, (teaching french), and eventually she would move up to something better, while their kids are doing great in school. As I said, poverty is b/c ignorance. If these two families, can move from a different continent, and re-build everything from scratch, and provide great education to their kids, then everybody else can. In this country hard work, and perseverance will pay off. B!tching about your conditions, and doing nothing about it, wont. Sure, you can blame racism, but from experience, it is not that. It is the huge amount of hard work and ethical mentality, and the strong family values that drives all these immigrant families, who while starting dirt poor, they do well, and much better than the american born poor.