Swallow your vomit

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Submitted by Ex Liberal (United States), Aug 3, 2011 15:29

Yes, Sowell grew up in a broken home in Harlem, and I'll bet he didn't have any of those creature comforts mentioned in the article.

If you want to feel physically ill, try living like the vast majority of people in the world do that don't live in rich countries like the USA. Compared to them, most poor Americans live like kings and queens, and many of them don't even have to or try to work. Yet somehow the rest of us must pay for them to have air conditioning, cars, and so on? If living in poverty in America is so horrible, then why do so many poor people do absolutely nothing to get out of poverty? Your expectations of people's personal responsibility are way too low.

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This makes me want to vomit
[w/response] [78 words]		benAug 3, 2011 09:04
↔ ⇒ Swallow your vomit [128 words]Ex LiberalAug 3, 2011 15:29
↔ Nothing like people pulling up the ladder behind them [178 words]benAug 3, 2011 20:22

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