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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] >"he went to work ASAP to help support his family and didn't have the advantage of going to school" Well why didn't he put off having a family until after he was through with school? Or do you mean he was supporting his parents and siblings? Guess what? The kids in my gf's family did that too (because their father was too stupid to take a higher-paying job when it was offered to him, because his 19th-Century mentality wouldn't allow him to say 'no' to an Important Person), but... with the exception of my gf, who was PUTTING HERSELF THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL when she first became seriously ill, and only hasn't finished because she CAN'T get appropriate government help*, They're all making out economically MUCH better than their parents did. And their kids, if current trends continue and they don't screw it up themselves, will likely do even better. My father worked early mornings in a bakery while going to a small college, to pay his way, because his father, who worked in the mill and HADN'T gone to college, couldn't cover the whole thing. Having paid for his college, my father worked hard at his job, (and my mother did, as well) and saved enough money that my the time my brother and I went to college, he could cover all of both of ours, although I was on my own for grad school. Now I'm working, in the hopes of being able to support my gf as my family. Admittedly, I botched a lot of it by being lazy, which is my own fault. Fortunately (I suppose) I won't be having children, absolving me of the responsibility for their upbringing. Success happens by increments. REAL working people understand this. It's the "I want it ALL, now, now, NOW!" whining crybabies that can't accept it. The rest of America calls it drive, ambition, and hard work. *Come to think of it, I've never known of anybody who bettered their situation with government help, aside from tuition aid. Certainly not around here, where government aid generally perpetuates through generations. The Government's type of aid does NOT create independency. It creates dependency, in the long run. If this is not the case, explain why the SSI people are unwilling to shell out the small amount of extra money NOW to help my gf get the equipment she needs to finish her education and get a job that might make her self-sufficient a couple years down the road. HMM? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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