Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
less fortunate

I quit reading right here. Saying rich people are more fortunate than poor people implies that the only reason rich people are rich is because they got lucky. It implies that rich people didnt get rich by their own hard work and sacrifice.


Outside of a very small percentage of Americans, being poor in this country means you screwed yourself.

Quote Originally Posted by Brookings Institute
Our research shows that if you want to avoid poverty and join the middle class in the United States, you need to complete high school (at a minimum), work full time and marry before you have children. If you do all three, your chances of being poor fall from 12 percent to 2 percent, and your chances of joining the middle class or above rise from 56 to 74 percent. (We define middle class as having an income of at least $50,000 a year for a family of three.)
That quote is from this book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081...SIN=0815703228

Another quote from the book referenced, this is in the authors words, not a part of the brookings study as far as I know.
Quote Originally Posted by Ron Haskins
Higher marriage rates among the poor would benefit poor adults themselves, their children, and the nation … According to the U.S. Census Bureau, children living in single-parent families are about five times as likely to live in poverty. There’s also a high probability they’ll drop out of school, get arrested, be involved in teen pregnancy themselves, have more mental health problems, and be less likely to be employed or in school as young adults. Indeed, parents themselves are physically and psychologically better off when married than single.