Every American should be asking themselves these questions... Why am I paying TAXES on my wages? Then paying Sales Tax to spend my money. Then paying Income Taxes on my money they already TAXED and paying Property Taxes after I already paid Sales Tax on said the property

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[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

People aren't poor just because they don't manage their money right. Most people who're poor are born into poverty and can't escape, because that's how the system is set up — in both Capitalist and Socialist countries. Even so, it's counter-productive to make it harder for people to turn their lives around and get out of poverty. This is why people say Libertarians hate poor people — because yall do.

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Lol, there is no 'system'. Michael Moore comes from a white-trash poor family..the first line in his first book is 'you can't get rich in America, don't even try' (I'm paraphrasing). He went on to make millions and millions of dollars by whining what a terrible country the US is. That's just one example. Oprah, from a poor family, is another example. There are thousands of examples, I could go on all day but I have to go to work...I mean I CHOOSE to go to work instead of whining about how unfair the 'system' is.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The system IS unfair. It's not because some individuals (cherry-picked? Who knows?) make it that it means that anybody can. In other countries, such as Canada for example, social mobility (i.e. coming from a poor background and 'making it') is much higher. Might be even higher elsewhere too. That is IMHO, a much better indicator of a decent system than rationalizations as to why you have a few ultra-billionaires and millions of homeless.

Here: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-social-mobility-of-82-countries/

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do you have millions of homeless in the US?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I do not, nor have I ever, lived in the USA but yes, they have millions of homeless.

EDIT: However, in 2019, the number was estimated at a bit over 500,000. Given the covid lockdowns and current economic situation, it is undoubtedly MUCH MUCH higher now. It could very well have reached 2 million, barely qualifying my "millions" statement.

Data: https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-2020/