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Have you ever considered that other people's circumstances might differ from your own? You should like one of those Paul Ryan-types who believes anyone can just
by psychometry 12y ago
Have you ever considered that other people's circumstances might differ from your own? You should like one of those Paul Ryan-types who believes anyone can just stop being poor by trying harder.
- was_hellbanned 12y agoHave you ever considered that other people's circumstances might differ from your own? Certainly, but I haven't met many people who didn't have parents, and very few who couldn't live with them (or other relatives) while working and attending college. I have, however, met a great many people who took on significant debt (or used their parents' money) in order to attend distant colleges. You should like one of those Paul Ryan-types who believes anyone can just stop being poor by trying harder. Absolutely nothing I wrote indicates anything of the sort. In the future, I suggest that you form a response using something other than personal insults built on assumptions. All I did was post two examples of the (extremely affordable, imo) Oregon state university tuition. I could go on to point out that a huge part of rising costs are related to cost of living, due to supposedly increased expectations of students, and provide a counter example of how a friend of mine (the eldest daughter of a poor, single, Mexican-American mother, who was in the ROTC program) lived very cheaply in Corvallis in a commune-style arrangement, also working part-time, but then you'd probably want to talk trash about her, too.
- twoodfin 12y agoWhen has Paul Ryan made that claim?