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In reply to the discussion: You don't get rich by working hard, not in America anyway [View all]zoechen
(93 posts)62. I'm sorry that you have not been able to move up the ladder
I mean that is what the deal is and always has been.
If your job has no upward mobility who do think is responsible for that? Me?
The 1%, or is it you?
You have been on the path to earn what you do. You can't blame anybody but yourself for that. I would explain how I got to where I am but it would just be running over the same thing thats been covered many times before.
Just stop blaming the man for your position in life, put on your big boy pants and start getting after it.
The only person you have to blame for the person you are is yourself.
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As Someone Said, Ma'am, If Hard Work Makes You Rich, Every Woman In Africa Would Be a Millionaire
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#1
"Hard work is good for you." Usually said by rich people who don't work.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#4
The great educator Paulo Freire would say that they have internalized the oppressor, because that
patrice
Jul 2012
#16
What is a good way to explain the inertia of that wealth? It's like a magnet, a black-hole, a . . .
patrice
Jul 2012
#12
We also need to figure out how to attach job happiness & satisfaction to a just wage.
patrice
Jul 2012
#13
The way to get rich (whatever that is) is by dedicating your life to that pursuit.
lumpy
Jul 2012
#17
I work my ass off in the most dangerous trade in construction, and we can barely pay bills
pasto76
Jul 2012
#21
Some people bust their asses building a business and become multimillionaires.
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#49
We could start by throwing a few of the top "earners" in jail for their crimes.
Initech
Jul 2012
#61