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As Ben Shapiro likes to say, to move out of poverty you have to do 3 things. 1. graduate high school. 2. get a job. 3. don't have kinds until you are ma

As Ben Shapiro likes to say, to move out of poverty you have to do 3 things. 1. graduate high school. 2. get a job. 3. don't have kinds until you are married. If you do those 3 things you will not stay in poverty 99.8% of the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEMw_lDUx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEMw_lDUx0 Also, the headline does not ever appear in the article itself. huh?

throwawaybv8 9y ago
Wow, it’s so easy! See, poor people? Just get a job, gawd!
- mv4 9y ago
  ... also, don't forget to set some money aside! and don't forget taking advantage of tax deductions!
awalton 9y ago
> If you do those 3 things you will not stay in poverty 99.8% of the time. I know a lot of people in poverty, having come from it myself. I refuse to believe this without a direct citation.
- supreme_sublime 9y ago
  I believe https://www.brookings.edu/research/work-and-marriage-the-way-to-end-poverty-and-welfare/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/work-and-marriage-the-way... is the research that is being referred to.
- pnutjam 9y ago
  Might be true over a 50 year span, but you'll probably spend 48 of those years in poverty.
psyc 9y ago
Well, that's nonsense. I meet all 3 criteria, and in spectacular fashion. Yet I've been in and out of comfort and poverty for much of my adult life. And the reason happens to be exactly stated in the article title. You can't make any mistakes or suffer any bad luck or ill health. Really poor people start with nothing, and have nothing to fall back on.
- supreme_sublime 9y ago
  It isn't a guarantee that you'll never be in poverty, it is basically a guarantee that you will not be in chronic poverty. Poverty isn't exactly "easy" to escape from, but the steps to get out, or at least give your kids a leg up over yourself, are pretty well known.
mv4 9y ago
One of the worst things wealthy people tend to do, is trivialize the reasons behind poverty. Why don't you "just get a job/save/fix your car/get health insurance" etc Doing those 3 things is not enough. Even an unusually long stretch of very good luck can get wiped out by one unexpected event.

throwawaybv8 9y ago

Wow, it’s so easy! See, poor people? Just get a job, gawd!

mv4 9y ago
... also, don't forget to set some money aside! and don't forget taking advantage of tax deductions!

awalton 9y ago

> If you do those 3 things you will not stay in poverty 99.8% of the time. I know a lot of people in poverty, having come from it myself. I refuse to believe this without a direct citation.

supreme_sublime 9y ago
I believe https://www.brookings.edu/research/work-and-marriage-the-way-to-end-poverty-and-welfare/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/work-and-marriage-the-way... is the research that is being referred to.
pnutjam 9y ago
Might be true over a 50 year span, but you'll probably spend 48 of those years in poverty.

psyc 9y ago

Well, that's nonsense. I meet all 3 criteria, and in spectacular fashion. Yet I've been in and out of comfort and poverty for much of my adult life. And the reason happens to be exactly stated in the article title. You can't make any mistakes or suffer any bad luck or ill health. Really poor people start with nothing, and have nothing to fall back on.

supreme_sublime 9y ago
It isn't a guarantee that you'll never be in poverty, it is basically a guarantee that you will not be in chronic poverty. Poverty isn't exactly "easy" to escape from, but the steps to get out, or at least give your kids a leg up over yourself, are pretty well known.

mv4 9y ago

One of the worst things wealthy people tend to do, is trivialize the reasons behind poverty. Why don't you "just get a job/save/fix your car/get health insurance" etc Doing those 3 things is not enough. Even an unusually long stretch of very good luck can get wiped out by one unexpected event.