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graham wrote:

> On 2020-04-18 2:50 p.m., wrote:
> > On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 3:09:18 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>
> >> The drug store was an important part of the local economy back then.
> >> Many of those people had two problems. For some, they did not have the
> >> $25 or so to open a checking account and if they did, many did not have
> >> the ability of manage one.
> >>
> > That's true. I find it amazing the number of people that cannot manage
> > money. I'm talking about small amounts of money and checking accounts.
> > For some, a book of checks meant they could write them until they ran out
> > never mind there was no money in their account.
> >>
> >> Lower income people have a lot of disadvantages. They get paid with a
> >> check and [ay to cash it, then they pay a charge to pay a bill, if they
> >> have a credit card they pay the highest interest rates. If they get
> >> trapped in the payday loan thing they pay 300% interest.
> >>
> > No all, but so many of those disadvantages of their own making. Many are
> > high school dropouts, no job skills other than menial labor with a passel
> > of children. Children they don't encourage to stay in school and try to
> > do better than mom and dad.
> >
> So it's always the fault of poor people not to be successful and wealthy.
> It was ever thus!

Poverty can be a result of circumstance, more often than not today it is also a result of poor personal choices...

To improve their lives, those "in need" should look to emulate their betters...!!!

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Best
Greg