jimbrown45 wrote:
Coming from humble beginnings does make you a better person.
As much as this pains me ( seriously, you have no idea), but as someone who did grow up poor, I have to agree with Smash. When I see a poor person now, my first thought isn't "Oh that poor guy, someone should help him/them."
My immediate thought is "Lazy *** bum needs to get off his lazy *** and get his sh*t together". "Just look at him, not a pot to **** in, but he's got plenty of money for smokes, booze, tattoos and lottery tickets."
Granted, even if he did bust his *** he'd probably still be poor, but it does chap my *** to hear someone ***** about the injustices of financial inequality in America as they **** what little money they do have away.
Poverty
may breed compassion, but it's just as likely to breed contempt.
Edited, Jan 11th 2014 5:51am by CoalHeart