Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
Originally Posted By: cashmoney
Yes people are born into poor uneducated families (like I was) but in the USA being born poor is a minor handicap for those who don't mind hard work and seriously want to better themselves.
Are you kidding?
The class you were born, the people you know and luck are the determinants how well you do wealth wise. Hard work is the myth fed to us. Who do you think works harder -- a person with three part time jobs paying minimum wage or the Donald?
That's utter nonsense. If a person is working 3 part time jobs it's because they are either unwilling to better themselves, or working to better themselves. Trying to compare them to someone like Donald Trump is the pinnacle of ignorance.
There are countless stories of people who have started from very humble beginnings, and through diligence, hard work, and some common sense have risen to achieve great things. For example, there's the story of the Korean immigrant that, after moving to the United States, worked 3 jobs to make ends meet. Do Won Chang and his wife now have an international empire that makes about $3 billion in annual sales. Or the guy that grew up in a shack with no plumbing or electricity, who wound up with a net worth of around $40 billion dollars (Harold Simmons). Leonardo Del Vecchio was sent to an orphanage because his mother couldn't care for him-today he is worth around $15 billion dollars.
Not everyone is destined to be a billionaire. However, anyone can be successful if they want, and anyone who lives in poverty can choose to rise above it. It's a choice that requires a significant amount of self discipline, and that's what far too many people lack.
Originally Posted By: cashmoney
Yes people are born into poor uneducated families (like I was) but in the USA being born poor is a minor handicap for those who don't mind hard work and seriously want to better themselves.
Are you kidding?
The class you were born, the people you know and luck are the determinants how well you do wealth wise. Hard work is the myth fed to us. Who do you think works harder -- a person with three part time jobs paying minimum wage or the Donald?
That's utter nonsense. If a person is working 3 part time jobs it's because they are either unwilling to better themselves, or working to better themselves. Trying to compare them to someone like Donald Trump is the pinnacle of ignorance.
There are countless stories of people who have started from very humble beginnings, and through diligence, hard work, and some common sense have risen to achieve great things. For example, there's the story of the Korean immigrant that, after moving to the United States, worked 3 jobs to make ends meet. Do Won Chang and his wife now have an international empire that makes about $3 billion in annual sales. Or the guy that grew up in a shack with no plumbing or electricity, who wound up with a net worth of around $40 billion dollars (Harold Simmons). Leonardo Del Vecchio was sent to an orphanage because his mother couldn't care for him-today he is worth around $15 billion dollars.
Not everyone is destined to be a billionaire. However, anyone can be successful if they want, and anyone who lives in poverty can choose to rise above it. It's a choice that requires a significant amount of self discipline, and that's what far too many people lack.
