Reply #39: That seems to be what THEY want [View All]

I refuse to give it to them.

I lived in and out of groups homes as an adolescent. I held many a different jobs during and afterwards. When addressing my class interests I was always told to STFU and taught to believe that I should be ashamed of being poor.

There is no reason to be ashamed of it. The middle class was not built by the middle class. It was built by the poor people in this country. All the wonderful reforms that have taken place have been the result of poor peoples movements.

It's always stunning that when it comes to poverty they tell people not to give them aid or money because they deserve it. As if they are bears or something. Poor people drinking and doing drugs is about as vile a sin that can be committed in this country.

Yet, wealthy folk drink and do drugs all the time. I don't see anyone advocating that we take their property away. As a matter of fact, we give them property.

WTF is up with that?