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I know a ton of people who were "working poor" either just post-WWII or as immigrants, who nonetheless have managed to acquire some pretty good sums of wealth.
by lotharbot 14y ago
I know a ton of people who were "working poor" either just post-WWII or as immigrants, who nonetheless have managed to acquire some pretty good sums of wealth. Most of them don't go as far as being "a generation ahead", but their hard work and sacrifices put their kids and grandkids in position to be successful without going through the sorts of financial dire straits that others treat as normal.
- hnhg 14y agoeducation, housing and health insurance were much cheaper even just 20 years ago
- omgsean 14y agoImmigrants from where? How many of them were black and living in the inner city? Or white and living in rural poverty? Post WWII saw the rise of the middle class, it's not really fair to compare it to now and tell poor people "hey, just do that!" Bootstrapping is for websites, it's not a solution to widespread poverty.