20 Things The Poor Really Do Every Day

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20 things the poor really do every day « Ben Irwin

#21: not work hard enough to be in the top 1%.

 

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20 things the poor really do every day « Ben Irwin

#21: not work hard enough to be in the top 1%.

5. Work longer and harder than most of us.
While it’s popular to think people are poor because they’re lazy (which seems to be the whole point of Ramsey’s post), the poor actually work longer and harder than the rest of us. More than 80 percent of impoverished children have at least one parent who works; 60 percent have at least one parent who works full-time. Overall, the poor work longer hours than the so-called “job creators.”
(Source: Poverty and Learning, April 2008)

Sticking your fingers in your ears and saying "nuh uh!" is not an adequate rebuttal to actual statistics.

 

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20 things the poor really do every day « Ben Irwin

#21: not work hard enough to be in the top 1%.

they work TOO hard to be in the top 1%