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Congratulations on the new position, Dreadhead!

Keep your head down, keep plugging, and have faith in things returning to some level of normalcy for you.

If I may ask, what area of the country do you live in, and what is your field of employment?

"As Zd542 so ignorantly reminds us it's very easy to blame the victim."

Yes, but its easiest of all to play the victim.

"I am recently back to work and am starting to get back on my feet."

Good for you. If you were still on unemployment, you wouldn't have that new job.

One of the great prevailing myths in American society is that poor people deserve to be poor and rich people deserve to be rich. Sometimes it's true, but just as often it's not. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug and it's not like you had a choice in what role you get dealt.

Onhwy61, It's true approximately 98%.
Poor pays higher interest rate, often higher tax, higher insurance and very often can't get a descent job.
This time most of our taxes for over decade past spent to support military mob games run by our beloved Government instead of supporting economy, education and farming. This greatly benefits monopolists of oil industry that are wealthiest part of our nation that becomes wealthier and welathier ta make sure the "rich gets rich and poor stays poor"(quoted from Leo Cohen's song "Everybody Knows")...

"Everybody Knows" weather it's Republicans or Democrats everything's controlled by ones who moves funds and those can easily move'em out of your personal wallet weather you want it or not while you can't do vice versa.

"07-23-14: Onhwy61
One of the great prevailing myths in American society is that poor people deserve to be poor and rich people deserve to be rich."

I've heard the saying, but one of out great prevailing myths? Where did you find that info?

"07-23-14: Czarivey
Onhwy61, It's true approximately 98%.
Poor pays higher interest rate, often higher tax, higher insurance and very often can't get a descent job."

Being poor does not mean you pay higher interest rates. Your credit rating determines that. Poor people that pay their bills, get low interest rates. Higher taxes? Other than a mistake, I don't see how that's possible. Higher insurance is also nonsense. First of all, charging someone higher insurance based on their income is illegal. Insurance is based on risk. If you have a good driving record, you get a low rate; even poor people. If you take good care of yourself, you get a lower health insurance rate. Jobs? Every well off person I know was poor at one time.

Do I have to continue? It just looks like you guys are picking things out just to argue over. Selecting only ideas and facts that just supports your argument just so you can win, does no one any good. If someone has a good work ethic and doesn't commit crimes, may have something to do with how successful they are. Wouldn't you agree? And if you do, why not include that in your posts, as well?