tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116979045856092483.post8032643909143308927..comments2023-04-01T23:12:14.449-04:00Comments on ~ Blue Jeans and Lace ~: Dying To Be PoorTlchimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04057964310333500039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116979045856092483.post-39416971498063365612011-09-24T11:39:17.410-04:002011-09-24T11:39:17.410-04:00And there is no magic fix. There is no just work m...And there is no magic fix. There is no just work more hours, cut more bills, sell something fix. Too many people think they know what it is like but really they don't understand how complex it is, how painful, how.... ya Know? I wish they could spend 6 months getting by the way a lot of us "good" poor folks do. I get that there have been folks who have cheated the system but there are those of us who try to do it on our own and then we get yelled at for it. It is a no win kind of thing.<br /><br />((((HUGS)))) I hate that any of us have to live like this.BlueJeansandLacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116979045856092483.post-38881991444273688402011-09-24T11:33:49.630-04:002011-09-24T11:33:49.630-04:00We went to a parade last weekend, they through can...We went to a parade last weekend, they through candy to the crowd that the kids pick up off the street & pit in a bag to take home. THAT is all I've had to eat this week so that there'd be enough real food for everyone else. I am in pain because I could not get all the meds I need to manage my condition. My kid's school made me buy all kinds of required stuff for back to school and it cleaned me out. And NOW they are asking for MORE money, well not asking, EXPECTING, to cover projects that they decided to do during class time. Property taxes here are enormous so I guess they assume everyone has disposable cash, but WE DON'T! <br />I hate living like this. I had shoes with big gaping holes in the soles for months till my mom felt bad and got new ones for me.Zilla of the Resistancehttp://zillablog.marezilla.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116979045856092483.post-49242767834913381992011-09-24T11:23:46.315-04:002011-09-24T11:23:46.315-04:00A reader left a comment that I can't seem to g...A reader left a comment that I can't seem to get to post where I can see it. So it you see it twice it's my fault. If you see it once it is another of those bugs I haven't figured out how to squash.<br /><br />S.D. says:<br /><br />I think that the problem with Sen. Paul's view is that he not comparing like with like. "Poor" is a relative term. Of course by comparison with the Sudan a poor American has a hugely better lifestyle, but that doesn't make them any richer in their own town. I agree that lifestyle choices can affect us negatively and there is no doubt that the poor are often nutritionally incompetent. But if they are it is because our society no longer teaches us balanced nutrition. This morning I walked through a supermarket and the busiest aisles were those that sell prepared meals. These are heavy on fats and salt and combined with our national reluctance to exercise leads to obesity and its attendant diseases. What has to be done is to firstly incentivise industry and break it out of the downward spiral that it currently inhabits. This is best done by checking imports and making home-produced attractive and affordable. This takes money and I believe this should come from bank loans with a difference - a one off interest free Government loan that is payable only if the employer invests in plant and personnel. All non-essential imports, cars for example, should have a 100% tax levied to encourage the production of home manufacturing. I can still buy my Toyota or Mercedes but it will be a lot cheaper to buy a Dodge. Plus you might start to see foreign manufacturers invest in the US in order to break out of crippling taxes. I would also make foreign exports tax free - that would go some way to offset the likely response of other countries to US imports. I would also offer a one off amnesty for any employer declaring payments to illegal workers; on the understanding that the immigrant registers for citizenship, tax etc or voluntarily leaves the country. People entering the workforce for the first time would get a sliding tax break as would their employers for the first 3 years of employment. The poor are always with us, but a revitalised economy would go some way to alleviate the problem. That revitalisation can only come from within.tlchimesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116979045856092483.post-81493408689795234002011-09-24T10:37:03.701-04:002011-09-24T10:37:03.701-04:00I think that the problem with Sen. Paul's view...I think that the problem with Sen. Paul's view is that he not comparing like with like. "Poor" is a relative term. Of course by comparison with the Sudan a poor American has a hugely better lifestyle, but that doesn't make them any richer in their own town. I agree that lifestyle choices can affect us negatively and there is no doubt that the poor are often nutritionally incompetent. But if they are it is because our society no longer teaches us balanced nutrition. This morning I walked through a supermarket and the busiest aisles were those that sell prepared meals. These are heavy on fats and salt and combined with our national reluctance to exercise leads to obesity and its attendant diseases. What has to be done is to firstly incentivise industry and break it out of the downward spiral that it currently inhabits. This is best done by checking imports and making home-produced attractive and affordable. This takes money and I believe this should come from bank loans with a difference - a one off interest free Government loan that is payable only if the employer invests in plant and personnel. All non-essential imports, cars for example, should have a 100% tax levied to encourage the production of home manufacturing. I can still buy my Toyota or Mercedes but it will be a lot cheaper to buy a Dodge. Plus you might start to see foreign manufacturers invest in the US in order to break out of crippling taxes. I would also make foreign exports tax free - that would go some way to offset the likely response of other countries to US imports. I would also offer a one off amnesty for any employer declaring payments to illegal workers; on the understanding that the immigrant registers for citizenship, tax etc or voluntarily leaves the country. People entering the workforce for the first time would get a sliding tax break as would their employers for the first 3 years of employment. The poor are always with us, but a revitalised economy would go some way to alleviate the problem. That revitalisation can only come from within.Steve Dunnhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=734746841noreply@blogger.com