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20 Observations About Human Nature That Liberals Would Probably Disagree With

Topeka Wrote: Dec 03, 2012 11:12 AM
Daddio, 1. People earning $10 an hour are not poor. Read in context. 2. I don't know anyone who is below avg intelligence in this country who is poor, and who is not mentally ill. They live better than I do in fact. We have homes and "prgrms" for those people - at least for now. When Lib-tards are done with us, there will be no such surplus. 3. John is referring to the millions who refuse to participate in their own success and take responsibility for their own lives. This is so obvious, the question arises: Why do you Refuse to See it? Instead you apply your own materialistic concept of $75k/yr. As a small biz guy, I can tell you my gross has Zilch to do with how I live. 4. Re Point 2: Do YOU care about the poor?

1) Working hard, being self-reliant and taking responsibility for your own life are good for you and will make you much happier than having too much leisure time, being overly dependent and giving others responsibility for your life.

2) The more a behavior is rewarded with attention, fame, sympathy or money, the more of it we'll see. We recognize this almost instinctively when it comes to good behaviors, but we also tend to almost habitually block it out when it comes to behaviors we don't want to encourage.

3) There's nothing shameful about being poor -- but, if you stay...

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