Not the Poor!!

People speak of the 1%, then they complain of  a shrinking middle class. Yet no one blames poverty and their shameless propensity to shame and bully middle class people. That's right, growing up poor entitles you to make life less desirable for others. Directing their anger to the soft middle class. I think of that Kinks Song- Where the poor kids are threatening to beat up Santa Claus, if he does not give them money.  Yet the  little rich boys,  they are often given a free pass, to not be bothered. The rest of us have to live with the stern warning that we will be their underlings if we "*&#!" up, or worse yet quit our jobs.

A corrupt school system helps lead things along, forcing them to learn things "from the streets".

In the end it is a choice, to not fall into the trap of poverty or to choose to move away from it. It starts with schools that offer fair shots to all students. The sad nature of schooling is that the best and brightest do not belong to the richest group.They are in the middle, and many are in the poor. What happens is select kids from the realm of the poor are recognized and propelled, if not to intimidate and discourage those who have propensity to think a little. Moreover design of curriculum supports wealthier, so they can be star students too, with less effort but all the recognition. This does not serve well on merit. What ends up happening is droves of Asian students fight through this quagmire and become lawyers, doctors and engineers. Which is a hard fought testament of perseverance. The wealthy kids go with the flow, get the grades and settle into their jobs hand tailored for them. Some poor kids make it with crushing debt , and in between, people are scratching their heads with nothing but contempt for the system. 

The bottom line is that people who are supposed to be successful are burdened with shame, failure, and of course "a failed economy." It is all about keeping your job now, lest you become less than the poor people, because you never were one of them. It is also about Hollywood, and product, and things to be consumed.

Few people notice prices have going up despite the financial system failing which should have checked prices. Fewer people notice that poor people go to Wal-mart and buy the same products as the rest of us, living day to day without knowing where their next meal will be coming from, probably the dollar menu at the McDonalds near the entrance of the superstore
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Poverty and its vices is an  American tradition brought from the Political Machines of New York Chicago, the history of the South. African Americans have a stigma attached to success, along with the Uncle Tom Attitude. Meanwhile, bad behavior and unproductiveness is rewarded. This is not the case for hispanics. They have single handedly purchased South Central and made many thriving neighborhoods. More and more hispanics are graduating college and landing successful jobs. However corruption is rampant in many communities, and there is a service mentality ingrained into the culture.

It is not a good idea to point fingers. Yet the truth is that some people want it this way. I assume it is the insecure rich who want to even the playing field. Either way it is a significant problem, dragging the country down. It has a root in ignorance and is spreading and stalling the strengths of our country.  To fight it we have to stop things from happening. The schools from churning out nonsense, the predatory job market docking wages and extending hours, and of course the cultural feces that uses poverty as a springboard, and ignorance as a fuel gauge.

 There is a mad man running on the loose saying he will fix things. Meanwhile Hillary is coming up slowly, insulting the Koch brothers, as if not for Trump she would not be on their Yacht accepting checks. If she wins she will steer the ship in some awkward direction, thanks to Bernie Sanders moving her away from her comfort zone. It will be a continuity of what is happening and a show of appeasement, yet not at full force, because both her and her husband are reaching their Golden Years. If Trump wins, god help us. The planet is doomed, and he will be picking fights with whoever chooses to squabble He will be fixing the schools however, and the above problems will be solved. What's a nuclear holocaust when your country is back on track!!!