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comment by hootsbox
hootsbox  ·  4052 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to Cut the Poverty Rate in Half (It's Easy)

Yeah right! All the poor folks are going to start online businesses? Are we talking about Earth or Mars? Maybe 1 in a thousand would do so. The rest would just spend it and not necessarily on living expenses like good food, etc.





req  ·  4047 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is GOP propaganda. Many many people have ideas for businesses, they do not have the confidence, security, or know how about how to start one. Would you start a business if it meant failing would put you on the street? I didn't for this very fear.

To say they'd just spend it is wrong and misguided. At best, you can say they're not aware of the manipulation in the media that incites them to buy shit they don't need. However this is not everyone, there are many, many, many hardworking poor families that do not waste money.