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Option A: make under $800, get food and rent assistanceYeah going from 7.25 to 15 makes no difference, a extra $1000 a month won't change a thing
Option B: only make $800 and be hungry and homeless
How a single mother survives on $7.50/hr
Option B: only make $800 and be hungry and homeless
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TANF website says earn less than 795 to get benefits
Steezy says you still get benefits
and I didn't complain about lottery apartments I complained about making them go through a side door next to where they throw garbage out so they don't mix and mingle with the 'rich'
you and your people cool with being a paid slave to survive, other people out here actually trying to live a life
Define "live a life"?
You want the same luxuries and glamour of the rich for a fraction of the sacrifice and work...I see you.
So do I, but those weren't the cards I was dealt, so if I want nice vacations and cool clothes I'm gonna have to continue grinding day and night...I'm cool with it, better life than I would have back home, that's for sure....I don't blame some of you guys that have never been exposed first hand to the socioeconomic differences in other countries....ya think is bad here...lol talk to a dentist making the equivalent of 500$ a month
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Option A: make under $800, get food and rent assistance
Option B: only make $800 and be hungry and homeless
Dude is arguing with himself and don't even know it...lmao
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Define "live a life"?
You want the same luxuries and glamour of the rich for a fraction of the sacrifice and work...I see you.
So do I, but those weren't the cards I was dealt, so if I want nice vacations and cool clothes I'm gonna have to continue grinding day and night...I'm cool with it, better life than I would have back home, that's for sure....I don't blame some of you guys that have never been exposed first hand to the socioeconomic differences in other countries....ya think is bad here...lol talk to a dentist making the equivalent of 500$ a month
People still believe that just because someone is rich, they must've worked harder than someone who is poor? That ignorance
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People still believe that just because someone is rich, they must've worked harder than someone who is poor? That ignorance
Never did I say that, BUT OK.
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Define "live a life"?
You want the same luxuries and glamour of the rich for a fraction of the sacrifice and work...I see you.
So do I, but those weren't the cards I was dealt, so if I want nice vacations and cool clothes I'm gonna have to continue grinding day and night...I'm cool with it, better life than I would have back home, that's for sure....I don't blame some of you guys that have never been exposed first hand to the socioeconomic differences in other countries....ya think is bad here...lol talk to a dentist making the equivalent of 500$ a month
One thing I'll say is this. If I could choose between being a the son of poor immigrants and being the son of poor African Americans in America I'd choose the immigrant parents every time. Although they maybe be poor immigrants and their kids don't have any of the mental shackles that comes exclusively with being generationally poor AND black in America.
I am the son of Haitian immigrants, for reference.
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Option A: make under $800, get food and rent assistanceYeah going from 7.25 to 15 makes no difference, a extra $1000 a month won't change a thing
Option B: only make $800 and be hungry and homeless
You know if you make $1,000 more that means you're not only making 800
Or nah?
@ walking through a door being a luxury of the rich People still believe that just because someone is rich, they must've worked harder than someone who is poor? That ignorance
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A lot of it has to do with the fact that when you're talking about immigrants, you're talking about a sample of people who were driven enough to uproot their family and move entire continents for a better life. A sample of immigrants, especially immigrants to America who are chasing the capitalistic dream, are naturally going to be more driven and ambitious than the general population, African American or not.One thing I'll say is this. If I could choose between being a the son of poor immigrants and being the son of poor African Americans in America I'd choose the immigrant parents every time. Although they maybe be poor immigrants and their kids don't have any of the mental shackles that comes exclusively with being generationally poor AND black in America.Define "live a life"?
You want the same luxuries and glamour of the rich for a fraction of the sacrifice and work...I see you.
So do I, but those weren't the cards I was dealt, so if I want nice vacations and cool clothes I'm gonna have to continue grinding day and night...I'm cool with it, better life than I would have back home, that's for sure....I don't blame some of you guys that have never been exposed first hand to the socioeconomic differences in other countries....ya think is bad here...lol talk to a dentist making the equivalent of 500$ a month
I am the son of Haitian immigrants, for reference.
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Don't mention race with this guy, usually where things go bad
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So you not implying that just because someone is rich and someone isn't, that person who isn't rich, only worked and sacrifice a fraction of what the rich person did?
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You know if you make $1,000 more that means you're not only making 800
Or nah?
Walking through the door of a high rise luxury apt building in midtown Manhattan....YES THAT IS IN FACT A LUXURY OF THE RICH
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No, THATS WHAT YOU ARE IMPLYING.
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Truth .smart work>hard work ....but either way the majority of wealthy people just born into it .People still believe that just because someone is rich, they must've worked harder than someone who is poor? That ignorance
Most people will stay in the same social class they were born in to. Exceptions to every rule so pointing out the exceptions doesn't mean anything . I hate the nonsensical "work harder , strap up UR bootstraps" garbage people spit out
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Damn just when I thought I can walk through any doorYou know if you make $1,000 more that means you're not only making 800
Or nah?
Walking through the door of a high rise luxury apt building in midtown Manhattan....YES THAT IS IN FACT A LUXURY OF THE RICH
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Don't mention race with this guy, usually where things go bad
snooooooozzzz
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Moral of the story, if you're poor it's because you aren't working hard enough and an immigrant would love to be in your shoes
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Damn just when I thought I can walk through any door
Now you just playing dumb.
Going back to that thread, I will legit walk through the sewer if that meant I get to live in an apt valued at 7k a month and I'm only paying 500$
Seems like a nice trade off.
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Then what are you saying when you say "You want the same luxuries and glamour of the rich for a fraction of the sacrifice and work...I see you.?"
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People still believe that just because someone is rich, they must've worked harder than someone who is poor? That ignorance
they really got people drinking the kool aid that "hard work" will get them from the bottom to millions
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I'm saying that is much easier for you guys to whine about the 7.50$ an hour than to acknowledge she only works 20 hours a week....that's barely 3 out of the 7 days of the week, plenty time to search for another job....OR maybe enroll in school to better herself....
Nahhhhhhh she deserves to get paid more, that's all there is to itx
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they really got people drinking the kool aid that "hard work" will get them from the bottom to millions
Who's talking millions?.....ya reaching HARD now
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Hence my original statement about you being content with being a paid slave. It's all good I respect or some people just want different things.Damn just when I thought I can walk through any door
Now you just playing dumb.
Going back to that thread, I will legit walk through the sewer if that meant I get to live in an apt valued at 7k a month and I'm only paying 500$
Seems like a nice trade off.
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And being able to work smart comes from having access to people who have done it all before. Unfortunately because of the way this country was set up for such a long time The majority of African Americans didnt have generations to figure out how to gain and sustain wealth for their future generations. And people like her are the product of that. Reliant on the government
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This issue is not exclusive to African Americans...