Poor People: Stop moaning, drinking, smoking, socializing. WORK, DAMMIT!

[Phillip V]

Poor people ARE jealous of the wealthy though, but it's not like they can work themselves to wealth.

How bout just work towards basic comfort? Don't need to be wealthy for that. 

[garbon]

She's right btw; starting out poor is not great but getting chippy and defeatist about it compounds the problem.........and I speak as a member of the lazy community 

I think there is a lot of this among young people today - though I can't blame them given that many of us aren't really facing particularly good opportunities.

[Neil]

Poor people ARE jealous of the wealthy though, but it's not like they can work themselves to wealth.

How bout just work towards basic comfort? Don't need to be wealthy for that. 

That's what the cigarettes and booze and drugs are for.

[merithyn]

She should employ more poor people. That would make less of them.

They expect to be paid too much for her liking.

Oddly, the poor people I know would love to work more and socialize less. Unfortunately, jobs aren't exactly forthcoming, and those that are don't pay enough to meet the basic needs. Hell, I'll likely be looking for a second job again during the holiday season to help get us through, but I'm not sure I'll be able to find anything this year. There just isn't a lot available.

[derspiess]

Being poor is hard work.

Bullshit.  Being poor is no work at all.

[The Brain]

Whiny poors are annoying. That's why I live in a middle class neighborhood.

[merithyn]

Being poor is hard work.

Bullshit.  Being poor is no work at all.

As one of the resident poors on this forum, I beg to differ. Given that I usually work two jobs and make most of my own cleaning supplies, dinners, etc. without the "labor saving devices" common in more wealthy households (i.e. dishwasher, dinners out, expensive quick-make foods, etc.), I'm going to have to disagree completely. Maybe for you it was no work at all, but for me, it's a tremendous amount of work trying to make ends meet on a minimal budget.

[CountDeMoney]

Nobody told you to be poor, Meri.  Stop making excuses.

[The Brain]

Being poor is hard work.

Bullshit.  Being poor is no work at all.

As one of the resident poors on this forum,

Apostolic or regular?

[merithyn]

Nobody told you to be poor, Meri.  Stop making excuses.

I can't help it. I was drawn this way.

[Razgovory]

Being poor is hard work.

Bullshit.  Being poor is no work at all.

As one of the resident poors on this forum, I beg to differ. Given that I usually work two jobs and make most of my own cleaning supplies, dinners, etc. without the "labor saving devices" common in more wealthy households (i.e. dishwasher, dinners out, expensive quick-make foods, etc.), I'm going to have to disagree completely. Maybe for you it was no work at all, but for me, it's a tremendous amount of work trying to make ends meet on a minimal budget.

Didn't you have the good sense to be born wealthy?

[Eddie Teach]

I can't help it. I was drawn this way.

If that's true then you certainly don't have to be poor.

[derspiess]

Being poor is hard work.

Bullshit.  Being poor is no work at all.

As one of the resident poors on this forum, I beg to differ. Given that I usually work two jobs and make most of my own cleaning supplies, dinners, etc. without the "labor saving devices" common in more wealthy households (i.e. dishwasher, dinners out, expensive quick-make foods, etc.), I'm going to have to disagree completely. Maybe for you it was no work at all, but for me, it's a tremendous amount of work trying to make ends meet on a minimal budget.

I guess I meant to say "being poor *requires* no work at all"

[Admiral Yi]

Always pisses me off when you get the rich moaning about the poor not working hard enough.

I agree in cases where the comment about not working hard enough is unprompted, but according to the article the fat pig made the comment in response to complaints about rich people.

[merithyn]

I would have said there had already been a woman in the past who told the poor to eat cake, but this fat pig has probably eaten all the cake already.

Who was it? Leona Helmsley?

Please tell me you're joking.

I guess I meant to say "being poor *requires* no work at all"

Ah, very different thing.