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Why should they? Why can't the poor help themselves? Most of us won't be poor if we only spent on the essentials. Stop buying material crap. Foster good rel

Why should they? Why can't the poor help themselves? Most of us won't be poor if we only spent on the essentials. Stop buying material crap. Foster good relationship with family, neighbors and community. Community service at large and help each other. The wealthy get rich because we keep buying more of the crap they make that we don't need.

wizardofmysore 9y ago
In India, the poor do this. They don't have enough food to eat, forget helping others. They live on less than 50c a day. They don't buy material crap. Your answer applies to the American poor, not the ones who live in third world countries.
Mz 9y ago
There is one problem with your theory: There is a serious shortfall of affordable housing in the US. So a lot of Americans are having trouble affording even the basics.
- segmondy 9y ago
  No there's not. Move away from the fancy cities. Move to country and places like Detroit. I did, I'm in Detroit metro. You can buy houses here for what folks pay for a car
  - Mz 9y ago
    I basically did the same thing. I developed a portable income and moved to a small town to get myself back into housing. But most people can't just up and move wherever they want. The jobs are mostly in the expensive big cities. Even services like Task Rabbit, Amazon Flex or Uber are mostly only available in a short list of very large cities. Meanwhile, we have torn down about 80 percent of SROs and the like and the default expectation is that young, single people should get a roommate. There is a dearth of genuinely affordable housing near jobs that would allow people to live alone and make ends meet working an entry level job. Those options mostly do not exist. Pretending this isn't a problem because you found a solution that works for you is pretty LA LA LA not listening. Detroit has affordable housing because so many locals are in dire straits that a charity was created not that long ago to pay the water bills of people getting their water cut off: https://www.detroitwaterproject.org https://www.detroitwaterproject.org So, basically, your life works because you saw opportunity amidst this debacle, not because everything is fine in the US.
sushid 9y ago
Because the most marginalized in our society are so screwed. They're dealt the worst cards. It's easy to shout Randian quotes from your high tower, but when you come from impoverished backgrounds barely making ends meet, something like an unexpected parking ticket or an injury can mean going homeless.
- segmondy 9y ago
  You have no idea where I come from.

wizardofmysore 9y ago

In India, the poor do this. They don't have enough food to eat, forget helping others. They live on less than 50c a day. They don't buy material crap. Your answer applies to the American poor, not the ones who live in third world countries.

Mz 9y ago

There is one problem with your theory: There is a serious shortfall of affordable housing in the US. So a lot of Americans are having trouble affording even the basics.

segmondy 9y ago
No there's not. Move away from the fancy cities. Move to country and places like Detroit. I did, I'm in Detroit metro. You can buy houses here for what folks pay for a car
- Mz 9y ago
  I basically did the same thing. I developed a portable income and moved to a small town to get myself back into housing. But most people can't just up and move wherever they want. The jobs are mostly in the expensive big cities. Even services like Task Rabbit, Amazon Flex or Uber are mostly only available in a short list of very large cities. Meanwhile, we have torn down about 80 percent of SROs and the like and the default expectation is that young, single people should get a roommate. There is a dearth of genuinely affordable housing near jobs that would allow people to live alone and make ends meet working an entry level job. Those options mostly do not exist. Pretending this isn't a problem because you found a solution that works for you is pretty LA LA LA not listening. Detroit has affordable housing because so many locals are in dire straits that a charity was created not that long ago to pay the water bills of people getting their water cut off: https://www.detroitwaterproject.org https://www.detroitwaterproject.org So, basically, your life works because you saw opportunity amidst this debacle, not because everything is fine in the US.

sushid 9y ago

Because the most marginalized in our society are so screwed. They're dealt the worst cards. It's easy to shout Randian quotes from your high tower, but when you come from impoverished backgrounds barely making ends meet, something like an unexpected parking ticket or an injury can mean going homeless.

segmondy 9y ago
You have no idea where I come from.