Don't you just hate poor people?

by Sir Jim Posted 2007/09/13 12:48:12

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I was watching a TV show yesterday that truly amazed me. It was called Bridzilla's and some gal on there made this statement. She was griping at her husband to be as to why he drove through a certain part of Houston because she absolutely hated poor people and was afraid of them. I thought that was so incredible that someone was that heartless. Do you dislike poor people?

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MAGGIE IRISH EYES 2007/09/13 14:25:22

No

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I dislike arrogant, greedy, rich people who flaunt their wealth and look down upon those who are less fortunate.
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Eager B... to Ihr Has... 2007/09/14 04:28:23 (edited)

i look at someone who is poor as someone who doesnt give a sh**on life and expects people to do everything for them. believe me i know what you are talking about i lived in my car and when i finaly got the money to get an apartment i didnt eat for an entire summer. i stole food from work to eat but i made it a point to get that rent money there on the 1st of every month. everyone took my statement wrong. i worked really f****g hard to be where i am at to this day and i still work hard to support the only family i got that hasnt stuffed life up there nose

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Teedee to Eager B... 2007/09/14 18:43:29

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Tiff..it's ok...now..deep calming breaths :))...Most everyone here has screwed up on the way they word things.Sometimes we might call you on something but..most of us are pretty good about it when you come back and explain yourself.:))

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aj to Eager B... 2007/09/14 03:35:17

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by the way tiffy i have enough family money to buy a small country, but i still had a tough life..i worked 3 jobs, now own my own business, and all the money my family had could not give me what i wanted, and my dad started with $50, and made his empire..but died at 45. .. money does not make the man.

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Eager B... to aj 2007/09/14 04:23:40

i agree with u money does not make the man. it looks like everyone thinks im some rich snob or something and its pissing me off

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aj to Eager B... 2007/09/14 04:30:43

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then state your come back..we aint mad..we are wondering what u think? its all ok. :-)

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Eager B... to aj 2007/09/14 04:36:50 (edited)

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i did i just dont want everyone to think im some b*** who hates poor people. if the world thinks someone in my situation is poor then they are flat out stupid because i dont think im poor like i said someone who wants to do nothing but b*** that there poor thats what bothers me. me and my b/f where talking about this whole thing before i made my statement. he said the people would look at us as poor because we live paycheck to paycheck.. and i dont feel i am because i worked hard to get this far

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aj to Eager B... 2007/09/14 04:43:10

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that was a good answer..u wk hard to get where u r today, we all do. :-)

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Sajama to Eager B... 2007/09/14 04:09:42
Eager B... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 04:12:17 (edited)

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im just going to post this reply to my comment so everyone can view.. i wasnt talking about the children first off because its not there faults that they are i that situation. and i wasnt talking bad about the people who worked hard but became poor due to a unemployment my statement was based on those who dont want to work for a living so for everyone who felt that i going after every poor person in america the reread my comment. everyone has a story of why they are poor or once was.. and those who worked hard to come back i am very happy for but the ones who choose to do nothing and blame the world i have a problem with... and sense everyone is sharing their stories i'll share mine. My family lived a great life until my mother got laid off because disney took over the company and wanted to find someone who would get paid less and not b***h. so we lost everything and now my entire family are drug addicts... they are all on meth. they all live in Cali in a one bedroom apartment not working and living off of my grandmother. i was the only one who decided to change so i left and made a life for myself and i hoped they would at least try and so the same. yet they still sit there not even trying to find employment. and believe me making this life for myself wasnt easy. i lived in ...

im just going to post this reply to my comment so everyone can view.. i wasnt talking about the children first off because its not there faults that they are i that situation. and i wasnt talking bad about the people who worked hard but became poor due to a unemployment my statement was based on those who dont want to work for a living so for everyone who felt that i going after every poor person in america the reread my comment. everyone has a story of why they are poor or once was.. and those who worked hard to come back i am very happy for but the ones who choose to do nothing and blame the world i have a problem with... and sense everyone is sharing their stories i'll share mine. My family lived a great life until my mother got laid off because disney took over the company and wanted to find someone who would get paid less and not b***h. so we lost everything and now my entire family are drug addicts... they are all on meth. they all live in Cali in a one bedroom apartment not working and living off of my grandmother. i was the only one who decided to change so i left and made a life for myself and i hoped they would at least try and so the same. yet they still sit there not even trying to find employment. and believe me making this life for myself wasnt easy. i lived in my car for a while but now i have a home and a life. so you see my statement wasnt about every poor person in america being lazy.. because like you all said not all choose to be that way... its the ones who dont do a thing about trying to get back on their feet that i have a problem with.. i apologize to anyone who felt my statement was ment to attack because it wasnt. and i also apologize on any grammar mistakes. i just started typing and went nuts
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Eager B... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 04:22:04 (edited)

oh it seems that everyone is taking my statement wrong. i hate lazy poor people that dont give a s***. and if this lady in the show was driving through my streets and thought it was poor then she is a rich snob. i was only talking about the lazy poor people who dont give a s***like a said people can make a difference its weather they choose to do it or not. i work different shifts then my boyfriend. he has a kid who i watch during the day for him so he can work then when he gets home i leave i also live from paycheck to paycheck. i dont think im poor and if thats what this lady was talking about then she needs to get clued in. i am not some rich snob who puts m nose up in the air at everyone i work hard and do my part.

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Ihr Has... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 05:05:30

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You see kid when you come up with a stat like 90% of poor people are ______

you make it look like an attack......

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Eager B... to Ihr Has... 2007/09/14 05:12:35

I am not a kid. and the 90% percent i was talking about are people i have met or know personally. i havent met many people who work hard to make there lives better. i have tried to help people who end up going back to the way things were. hell when i was in trouble i still tried to help someone out. she had 3 kids and wanted to get away from her b/f and she ended up giving him her kids and now lives off of everyone she meets. because she didnt even try. i gave her the last 20 bucks to my name for a month to get her kids food. now she doesnt even care anymore

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Ihr Has... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 05:20:49

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I call my parents kiddo....

Might I suggest you define your statements better, I was only saying that if you are going to say things that sound like attacks, people will make that designation....

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Eager B... to Ihr Has... 2007/09/14 05:24:19 (edited)

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and i agree with i just said in another reply that it was my fault that the statement came out that way i stand behind it just not the way it came it did seem a little snobby i prob should have went into more detail about it then just come off like heartless b***h. my apologizes to everyone who took it the way it wasnt ment

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Ihr Has... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 05:28:17

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Oh and Tiffy, you could be my child....

so I am going to call you kiddo, if I don't that's when I am attacking someone...

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Eager B... to Ihr Has... 2007/09/14 05:34:58

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well i had said to someone else most people who call me kid say it disrespectfully so i took it wrong but i was also going crazy trying to defend myself so was was just annoyed at the whole thing and when i saw kid it bugged me. i have had people call me kid or kiddo and not mean it wrong but thats few and far between so its hard for me to recognize it at a good thing.

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Ihr Has... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 05:38:22

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Well I invite you to get to know me and my friends better.... :D

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Eager B... to Ihr Has... 2007/09/14 06:02:52

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:) shanks

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Sajama to Eager B... 2007/09/14 10:54:07
shirlst... to Eager B... 2007/09/14 13:29:24

OMG Tiffany that is not true at all. we aonly have 5% unemployment in this country and not all of those people are poor. I think our country owes every citizen a level playing field by which to prosper. Do you think being born into a family of poverty gives you that? I can answer that for you, no. The child is never at fault. But how does he/she get out from under poverty without the means? We all need to wake up and start helping one another. My God these people are not Lazy, they are without opportunity. Are there lazy people? yes. Are they all poor? No.

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Eager B... to shirlst... 2007/09/14 16:23:34

read he rest of my replys and comments and you will see what i ment. i wasnt born into a poor family but we ended up loosing everything do to unemployment and my family is still suffereing from it and this hapend 10 years ago but i left and made my life happen. my statement was to only those who sit on the porch waiting for gov. check acting like they cant work and those who are poor but do nothing but bitch the rest is in my other comments which i cleared up last night

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shirlst... to Eager B... 2007/09/15 06:14:21

Ok then, I agree with you if that is the segment of the population you are talking about. I came froma family that literally started with nothing, my mother used to nmake our clothes out of feedbags that she got from the grain store. ( she would dye them with the juice of berries and tea.) We had shepherd pie nearly everynight. The man down the street used to give my mom all of the fallen vegetables and left over bones from the butcher to make soup from. We had nothing but I willsay this, we were happy. Although we were desparately poor, we were still much richer than some people in third world countries. We had food, water, clothes and a roof. I think growing up poor makes you appreciate everything that much more.

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Eager B... to shirlst... 2007/09/15 06:24:08

now see this is what i like someone in your shoes. someone who had these little things and was still happy. its the greedy poor people that dont care and want things handed to them because they feel the world owes them. there are a lot where i used to live in cali and here. and the sad part is.. most homeless people are even that heartless. it all depends on your attitude.. like i said i dont look at myself as poor. i havent had much money at times and i had to steel food but i was having problems at the point in my life. now im paycheck to paycheck but you know what im truly happy with that once i get out of this i will make better for myself later on. this is why i dont think im poor

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shirlst... to Eager B... 2007/09/15 06:52:48

You are never poor as long as you have people that love you. I am quite well off now and I take care of others in my family. I dont think I would have been so driven to acheive what I achieved if it wasnt for my up bringing. I actually joined the Army because I was hungry. LOL Funny but true. I knew they would take care of me there, and they did. I did a lot of volunteer work with the homeless and I will tell you this: They dont think they are poor. One man said to me " Hey I can always get a meal, and a bed, some people in the world can't even get that. They are poor" It is so true, even our homeless are rich when held up to 3rd world standards. Oh well nice chatting

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Eager B... to shirlst... 2007/09/15 06:59:58

yes and the people who take like for granted and complain about money are also poor.. they dont look at the bigger picture. what is POOR anyways? now that i have been thinking about this question all damn say maybe its a state of mind and not way of life. i dont feel poor so i dont think i am.. but if u feel poor are you? this poll has truly made me think about the way people live..

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Daisy 2007/09/14 01:13:15

No

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I find the pompous arrogance of that woman disgusting. I have never been so stupid as to use money as a measuring stick of someone's character or worth. Fortunes change hands too quickly, here in this country. Today's rich can be poor tomorrow, and today's poor can be tomorrow's rich. Having a dollar more than someone else, does not make you a dollar better than that person.

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iamontoyou 2007/09/14 01:12:17
mslsa2u 2007/09/14 00:42:06

No

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I don't hate anyone. And to me, they're the ones that will give you the shirt off their backs. Even before a rich person will. Plus, I wouldn't call them poor. I would say that they're just, less fortunate.

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magmeister10 2007/09/13 23:57:52

No

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Thank goodness I read this poll completely. I thought this was YOUR opinion when I first saw it posted, and was so-o-o-o disappointed in you.

I used to organize the "adoption" of a family for Christmas, and would tell the Family Services people that I wanted a family that "there but for the grace of God go I." Each year we got families who were suddenly overcome by an illness that went on too long; a loss of a job, very often totally out of their control (downsizing, sent to another country, etc.); or a death of the major breadwinner.

Few of us could handle an illness that meant we couldn't work for more than a few months. Few of us could handle an illness of a child that forced us to stay home to take care of them, because professional care would cost more. Few of us could handle the loss of a job that required us to finally take on a much lower paying job just to make ends even come close together.

There are many people out there wondering how they're going to feed their kids tonight. There are many kids with the full responsibility for sick parents or grandparents, paying the bills, cleaning the house, cooking the food, instead of being upset that their parents won't buy them a cell phone.

The average poor person in the United States is in the 4th grade.

Indeed, t...

Thank goodness I read this poll completely. I thought this was YOUR opinion when I first saw it posted, and was so-o-o-o disappointed in you.

I used to organize the "adoption" of a family for Christmas, and would tell the Family Services people that I wanted a family that "there but for the grace of God go I." Each year we got families who were suddenly overcome by an illness that went on too long; a loss of a job, very often totally out of their control (downsizing, sent to another country, etc.); or a death of the major breadwinner.

Few of us could handle an illness that meant we couldn't work for more than a few months. Few of us could handle an illness of a child that forced us to stay home to take care of them, because professional care would cost more. Few of us could handle the loss of a job that required us to finally take on a much lower paying job just to make ends even come close together.

There are many people out there wondering how they're going to feed their kids tonight. There are many kids with the full responsibility for sick parents or grandparents, paying the bills, cleaning the house, cooking the food, instead of being upset that their parents won't buy them a cell phone.

The average poor person in the United States is in the 4th grade.

Indeed, there but for the grace of God go I. Thank you God that I have a roof over my head, food to eat, a way to sustain myself, my health and a healthy family - and the wisdom to know the difference.
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MICHELLE 2007/09/13 23:23:21

No

i feel sorry for them

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kellley 2007/09/13 21:38:32

No

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We could be poor in a split second and it is a smug additude that people have that has them thinking that they are so much better because they have money in the bank. Being more fortunate doesn't make you better.

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Louisa - Enemy of the State 2007/09/13 20:48:46

No

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I saw that episode and found it particularly suprising because the girl herself was ignorant, poor white trash. But maybe that's where she was making the distinction...it's okay to be poor white trash but god forbid! Don't just be poor.

She won't get away that statement. Karma is just around the bend..

P.S. BTW...since I retired I have become one. A poor person, that is.

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Sir Jim to Louisa ... 2007/09/14 02:32:13

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Don't feel lonely. I've retired too and according to government figures I'm poor also. The only difference is I do have a monthly income from Social Security and the military. I was only able to retire because I sold my business and paid off all my bills including my home and vehicles. Other than utilities I owe nothing. I also have some rentals left that I haven't sold. I would tell anyone thinking about retirement to make some good plans and have something besides Social Security in mind. I just started receiving the military check too. I do so very much enjoy retirement but it’s something you have to plan for other than Social Security. I thank God every day for my situation.

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Piglet 2007/09/13 20:30:57

No

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They are people too. Just not as fortunate as others.

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It's Dave to you... 2007/09/13 20:23:08 (edited)
Ginny 2007/09/13 19:00:24

No

Bridzilla!! Never heard of it...don't think I will go out of my way to find it either if that is the type of people they have on their show. No I don't hate anyone I don't know...takes too much energy.

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Sajama 2007/09/13 18:57:22
Smokey 2007/09/13 18:45:11

No

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No, I dislike "LAZY" people. There's always going to be poor people in the world, and many of them are loving, beautiful people. We shouldn't judge people because of his/her status in life. There are some rich and wealthy people that are snobs and have very bad personalities.

Eric

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Sajama to Smokey 2007/09/13 18:51:04
chilton~T~ to Sajama 2007/09/14 21:22:16

A DR for Ditto to that post? Pitiful....I reversed it...haha!

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