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Being poor now just leads to being more poor later
- eevilspock 8y agoAlso known as the Matthew Effect. The comments are worth reading.
- squirrelicus 8y agoInsofar as being poor is evidence of - no full time job - children out of wedlock - not graduating high school Okay sure. But if you don't do those three things, you have a 2% chance of being poor. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/three-simple-rules-poor-teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/amp/ https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/three-simple-rules-poor-t... The modern narrative of "poor stay poor" parrotted these days lacks quite a bit of nuance.