tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post7605811592297411724..comments2024-01-24T13:48:22.659-08:00Comments on DADvocate: Why Obama's Plans to Fight Poverty Will FailDADvocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-13311306558577243112008-11-03T11:49:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:49:00.000-08:00I have always found it funny, that for 40+ years o...I have always found it funny, that for 40+ years of the war on poverty, it has only served to increase the number of people who live in poverty. Those who have the drive, will pull themselves out(Oprah is a good example - I don't care for her views, but she is a good example of not letting your origins keep you down). <BR/><BR/>Why can't people understand, that the more you give something away wolfboy69https://www.blogger.com/profile/04504453151284967582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-80772801876334801142008-11-01T05:14:00.000-07:002008-11-01T05:14:00.000-07:00Sounds like your dad was a great guy. He taught hi...Sounds like your dad was a great guy. He taught his kids a valuable lesson through his actions. I bet he taught a lot more lessons like that.DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-30431415427797165842008-10-31T19:30:00.000-07:002008-10-31T19:30:00.000-07:00Common sense probably plays a bigger part than int...Common sense probably plays a bigger part than intelligence. Consistent effort, keep chipping away. I too know some folks like that. Sometimes, I'm one of them.<BR/>Humor!<BR/><BR/>I remember when my dad paid his house off. It was his third house, but the only one he ever stayed in until the end, and paid off. He burned the mortgage with glee. It was a great feeling for him, and it rubbed off on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-16025894682095472232008-10-29T17:47:00.000-07:002008-10-29T17:47:00.000-07:00Agreed.More than anything, the War on Poverty is a...Agreed.<BR/><BR/>More than anything, the War on Poverty is an excuse to give government more and more control over your life. Control over the wage earners by forcefully taking their money and giving it to others. Control over the "poverty stricken" by making them dependent on government.<BR/><BR/>For the most part intelligence effects income but I've known some very hard working people of DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-4604653465570481232008-10-29T17:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T17:11:00.000-07:00Considering the overwhelming cause of poverty is w...Considering the overwhelming cause of poverty is what is (or is not, actually) between ones ears, I cannot see anything taking it away.<BR/>Even the Bible (Christ Himself) said the poor will always be with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com