Breaking The Cycle Of Poverty

Started by ConservativeInCT, September 22, 2018, 08:23:16 AM

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ConservativeInCT

I was talking to a friend of mine last night about the cycle of poverty. This friend of mine, who bounces back and forth between far left and moderate in his viewpoints, was trying to explain to me how the cycle of poverty works citing a cycle of crime and poor job opportunities as the reason why. He explained to me that the reason people continue to stay in abject poverty is that they do not have the resources to get out of it. He then ensued to explain to me how because I am a white male from a middle-class family that I come nowhere close to understanding these struggles. While I do agree that I can not relate on a personal level to being in abject poverty, every solution I put forth to try and engage him on how to fix the solution was never good enough. I said we should start with bettering education, building job skills in these areas as well as ending the cycle of welfare, thus putting forth an incentive to learn a skill and make more money to remove themselves from abject poverty. Are there any other ways in which we can end this cycle?

supsalemgr

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on September 22, 2018, 08:23:16 AM
I was talking to a friend of mine last night about the cycle of poverty. This friend of mine, who bounces back and forth between far left and moderate in his viewpoints, was trying to explain to me how the cycle of poverty works citing a cycle of crime and poor job opportunities as the reason why. He explained to me that the reason people continue to stay in abject poverty is that they do not have the resources to get out of it. He then ensued to explain to me how because I am a white male from a middle-class family that I come nowhere close to understanding these struggles. While I do agree that I can not relate on a personal level to being in abject poverty, every solution I put forth to try and engage him on how to fix the solution was never good enough. I said we should start with bettering education, building job skills in these areas as well as ending the cycle of welfare, thus putting forth an incentive to learn a skill and make more money to remove themselves from abject poverty. Are there any other ways in which we can end this cycle?

"WE" cannot break the cycle. It is up to the folks in the cycle to break their cycles individually. I don't buy the notion they cannot break it because they were born into it. This country offers many opportunities to everyone. I have known many folks who have broken the cycle. One in particular is an agent I had the pleasure of working with in MS. He showed me a picture of him and his daddy when he was a kid. His dad was a sharecropper. This particular individual became the best agent for the company on the state. That is breaking the cycle. There is no one silver bullet as it comes down to this nasty phrase - personal responsibility.
"If you can't run with the big dawgs, stay on the porch!"

Sick Of Silence

With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

Sick Of Silence

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on September 22, 2018, 08:23:16 AM
I was talking to a friend of mine last night about the cycle of poverty. This friend of mine, who bounces back and forth between far left and moderate in his viewpoints, was trying to explain to me how the cycle of poverty works citing a cycle of crime and poor job opportunities as the reason why. He explained to me that the reason people continue to stay in abject poverty is that they do not have the resources to get out of it. He then ensued to explain to me how because I am a white male from a middle-class family that I come nowhere close to understanding these struggles. While I do agree that I can not relate on a personal level to being in abject poverty, every solution I put forth to try and engage him on how to fix the solution was never good enough. I said we should start with bettering education, building job skills in these areas as well as ending the cycle of welfare, thus putting forth an incentive to learn a skill and make more money to remove themselves from abject poverty. Are there any other ways in which we can end this cycle?

Sounds like a full Lib-tard to me. What is he? Is he one of those white Liberals who claims he knows about a subject you are not allowed to talk about even though you both are white?

What does skin color got to do with poverty? Aren't there dirt poor white people? Aren't there more poor whites then there are poor blacks?

Tell them you are not poor because you follow that advice.
With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

walkstall

Most people just need to move, job are not always where they live. 

Look at the Mexicans, they go looking for work.  Not sit home until work comes to them.



A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

T Hunt

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on September 22, 2018, 08:23:16 AM
I was talking to a friend of mine last night about the cycle of poverty. This friend of mine, who bounces back and forth between far left and moderate in his viewpoints, was trying to explain to me how the cycle of poverty works citing a cycle of crime and poor job opportunities as the reason why. He explained to me that the reason people continue to stay in abject poverty is that they do not have the resources to get out of it. He then ensued to explain to me how because I am a white male from a middle-class family that I come nowhere close to understanding these struggles. While I do agree that I can not relate on a personal level to being in abject poverty, every solution I put forth to try and engage him on how to fix the solution was never good enough. I said we should start with bettering education, building job skills in these areas as well as ending the cycle of welfare, thus putting forth an incentive to learn a skill and make more money to remove themselves from abject poverty. Are there any other ways in which we can end this cycle?

Like super said, it starts and ends with personal responsibility, morality, family values, religion, that sorta thing.

But if u are asking what gvt can do to help, well there is nothing they can do. As in they should be doing nothing. It is gvt interferance which causes much of the poverty problem. It will never go away cuz there will always be some lazy ppl, but gvt really exacerbates the problem. Alot of the poverty in america is concentrated in liberal shithole cities or liberal shithole states where gvt has over intruded.

As far as the gvt is concerned, Here are some ideas...

1) Get rid of the dept of education. Make education local again and let it compete with the private sector schools with vouchers. Things like gender segresgation and school uniforms are good ideas too, these kids need discipline.

2) Take a bite out of crime. That starts with the people. Many liberal poverty holes restrict guns so the answer to crime is more guns in the hands of more law abiding people, even in the cities. Empowering the good guys goes along way.
Also deliberalize the police. They have their hands tied by lib politicians as well as their hand full with a bunch of liberal bullshit they have to deal with.

3) Get the gvt out of the economy and let the invisible hand of the free market work its magic. Big cities tend to have high taxes and lots of regulation. Add that to a lib president and congress screwing things up nationally for the last 50 years and thats why there are no economic opportunities. Follow trumps economic plan and that wont be an issue anymore.

4) Reform welfare. Simply put, right now it is designed to encourage laziness and dependence ( to secure lib voters). Revamp it to instead encourage hard wark and getting off of the system instead of staying on. That wld also save the gvt alot of money which is otherwise wasted. Simple things like work requirements and drug testing wld go along way. As well as incentives for families which stay together as opposed to incentivising single mothers.
Also work with private charities like churches. They usually get much better bang for their buck than the gvt does.

These are just some ideas to start with. Im sure im missing some things but these wld go along way.
"Let's Go Brandon, I agree!"  -Biden

Sick Of Silence

Quote from: walkstall on September 22, 2018, 09:47:11 AM
Most people just need to move, job are not always where they live. 

Look at the Mexicans, they go looking for work.  Not sit home until work comes to them.

To be fair, some of them are illegally taking work, being offered illegal work, and being catered to at the same time.
With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

walkstall

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on September 22, 2018, 10:06:02 AM
To be fair, some of them are illegally taking work, being offered illegal work, and being catered to at the same time.

Life is not fair.  Every week I go into town and see job opening.  Illegals is a government problem and can be fixed if they follow the laws on the book. 
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

Sick Of Silence

Quote from: T Hunt on September 22, 2018, 10:03:16 AM
Like super said, it starts and ends with personal responsibility, morality, family values, religion, that sorta thing.

But if u are asking what gvt can do to help, well there is nothing they can do. As in they should be doing nothing. It is gvt interferance which causes much of the poverty problem. It will never go away cuz there will always be some lazy ppl, but gvt really exacerbates the problem. Alot of the poverty in america is concentrated in liberal shithole cities or liberal shithole states where gvt has over intruded.

As far as the gvt is concerned, Here are some ideas...

1) Get rid of the dept of education. Make education local again and let it compete with the private sector schools with vouchers. Things like gender segresgation and school uniforms are good ideas too, these kids need discipline.

2) Take a bite out of crime. That starts with the people. Many liberal poverty holes restrict guns so the answer to crime is more guns in the hands of more law abiding people, even in the cities. Empowering the good guys goes along way.
Also deliberalize the police. They have their hands tied by lib politicians as well as their hand full with a bunch of liberal bullshit they have to deal with.

3) Get the gvt out of the economy and let the invisible hand of the free market work its magic. Big cities tend to have high taxes and lots of regulation. Add that to a lib president and congress screwing things up nationally for the last 50 years and thats why there are no economic opportunities. Follow trumps economic plan and that wont be an issue anymore.

4) Reform welfare. Simply put, right now it is designed to encourage laziness and dependence ( to secure lib voters). Revamp it to instead encourage hard wark and getting off of the system instead of staying on. That wld also save the gvt alot of money which is otherwise wasted. Simple things like work requirements and drug testing wld go along way. As well as incentives for families which stay together as opposed to incentivising single mothers.
Also work with private charities like churches. They usually get much better bang for their buck than the gvt does.

These are just some ideas to start with. Im sure im missing some things but these wld go along way.

Morality is important. Religion not so much. Morality is morality, and religion could be a step to attain it. But, everything starts at home.
With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

Sick Of Silence

Quote from: walkstall on September 22, 2018, 10:12:28 AM
Life is not fair.  Every week I go into town and see job opening.  Illegals is a government problem and can be fixed if they follow the laws on the book.

Hence, why I said they are being catered to.
With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

tac

Quote from: T Hunt on September 22, 2018, 10:03:16 AM
Like super said, it starts and ends with personal responsibility, morality, family values, religion, that sorta thing.

But if u are asking what gvt can do to help, well there is nothing they can do. As in they should be doing nothing. It is gvt interferance which causes much of the poverty problem. It will never go away cuz there will always be some lazy ppl, but gvt really exacerbates the problem. Alot of the poverty in america is concentrated in liberal shithole cities or liberal shithole states where gvt has over intruded.

As far as the gvt is concerned, Here are some ideas...

1) Get rid of the dept of education. Make education local again and let it compete with the private sector schools with vouchers. Things like gender segresgation and school uniforms are good ideas too, these kids need discipline.

2) Take a bite out of crime. That starts with the people. Many liberal poverty holes restrict guns so the answer to crime is more guns in the hands of more law abiding people, even in the cities. Empowering the good guys goes along way.
Also deliberalize the police. They have their hands tied by lib politicians as well as their hand full with a bunch of liberal bullshit they have to deal with.

3) Get the gvt out of the economy and let the invisible hand of the free market work its magic. Big cities tend to have high taxes and lots of regulation. Add that to a lib president and congress screwing things up nationally for the last 50 years and thats why there are no economic opportunities. Follow trumps economic plan and that wont be an issue anymore.

4) Reform welfare. Simply put, right now it is designed to encourage laziness and dependence ( to secure lib voters). Revamp it to instead encourage hard wark and getting off of the system instead of staying on. That wld also save the gvt alot of money which is otherwise wasted. Simple things like work requirements and drug testing wld go along way. As well as incentives for families which stay together as opposed to incentivising single mothers.
Also work with private charities like churches. They usually get much better bang for their buck than the gvt does.

These are just some ideas to start with. Im sure im missing some things but these wld go along way.
Good analysis!  :thumbup:

Government is NOT the solution, it's the problem. Politicians want voters dependent on the government to 'help' them, it builds dependency on the political party to keep them fed.

ConservativeInCT

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on September 22, 2018, 09:45:09 AM
Sounds like a full Lib-tard to me. What is he? Is he one of those white Liberals who claims he knows about a subject you are not allowed to talk about even though you both are white?

What does skin color got to do with poverty? Aren't there dirt poor white people? Aren't there more poor whites then there are poor blacks?

Tell them you are not poor because you follow that advice.

My friend is a white male aged twenty-four who surprisingly enough came from a middle-class family. He does also claim that because of my socioeconomic background it is not my place to discuss it. I was out of work for a while but I have found work now and I do save up so I will have money if on the off chance I do end up losing my job, as well as some slight assistance from my parents since I am still in school. My main argument to him was that there are poor people of all races and genders and to say that a race is to blame for some people being in abject poverty is something I can not get behind.

ConservativeInCT

Quote from: T Hunt on September 22, 2018, 10:03:16 AM
Like super said, it starts and ends with personal responsibility, morality, family values, religion, that sorta thing.

But if u are asking what gvt can do to help, well there is nothing they can do. As in they should be doing nothing. It is gvt interferance which causes much of the poverty problem. It will never go away cuz there will always be some lazy ppl, but gvt really exacerbates the problem. Alot of the poverty in america is concentrated in liberal shithole cities or liberal shithole states where gvt has over intruded.

As far as the gvt is concerned, Here are some ideas...

1) Get rid of the dept of education. Make education local again and let it compete with the private sector schools with vouchers. Things like gender segresgation and school uniforms are good ideas too, these kids need discipline.

2) Take a bite out of crime. That starts with the people. Many liberal poverty holes restrict guns so the answer to crime is more guns in the hands of more law abiding people, even in the cities. Empowering the good guys goes along way.
Also deliberalize the police. They have their hands tied by lib politicians as well as their hand full with a bunch of liberal bullshit they have to deal with.

3) Get the gvt out of the economy and let the invisible hand of the free market work its magic. Big cities tend to have high taxes and lots of regulation. Add that to a lib president and congress screwing things up nationally for the last 50 years and thats why there are no economic opportunities. Follow trumps economic plan and that wont be an issue anymore.

4) Reform welfare. Simply put, right now it is designed to encourage laziness and dependence ( to secure lib voters). Revamp it to instead encourage hard wark and getting off of the system instead of staying on. That wld also save the gvt alot of money which is otherwise wasted. Simple things like work requirements and drug testing wld go along way. As well as incentives for families which stay together as opposed to incentivising single mothers.
Also work with private charities like churches. They usually get much better bang for their buck than the gvt does.

These are just some ideas to start with. Im sure im missing some things but these wld go along way.

All of these arguments are very good. I have been trying to push these on people I know for a long time but they are insistent that government assistance is the only way. I've never believed this because of my father, who told me that welfare services provide a less incentive to work, and how instead of more welfare we should, as you say, use it to encourage hard work and build job skills so that people can get out of school and find work.

supsalemgr

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on September 22, 2018, 10:43:24 AM
All of these arguments are very good. I have been trying to push these on people I know for a long time but they are insistent that government assistance is the only way. I've never believed this because of my father, who told me that welfare services provide a less incentive to work, and how instead of more welfare we should, as you say, use it to encourage hard work and build job skills so that people can get out of school and find work.

You are not going change those that feel government is the answer. The only way they will change is if they get hit with a 2"x4" in their own life experiences. I have learned I am a lot happier just ignoring libs who are lost in their own fantasy world.
"If you can't run with the big dawgs, stay on the porch!"

Sick Of Silence

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on September 22, 2018, 09:45:09 AM
Sounds like a full Lib-tard to me. What is he? Is he one of those white Liberals who claims he knows about a subject you are not allowed to talk about even though you both are white?

What does skin color got to do with poverty? Aren't there dirt poor white people? Aren't there more poor whites then there are poor blacks?

Tell them you are not poor because you follow that advice.

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on September 22, 2018, 10:40:33 AM
My friend is a white male aged twenty-four who surprisingly enough came from a middle-class family. He does also claim that because of my socioeconomic background it is not my place to discuss it. I was out of work for a while but I have found work now and I do save up so I will have money if on the off chance I do end up losing my job, as well as some slight assistance from my parents since I am still in school. My main argument to him was that there are poor people of all races and genders and to say that a race is to blame for some people being in abject poverty is something I can not get behind.

There you go.
With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.