I wish we spent as much time discussing what the rich should do as what the poor should do.

[undeterred]

What gives us the right to decide whether the poor should buy lottery tickets? Buy soda with their food stamps? Eat too many chicken McNuggets? When you are poor you have SO FEW CHOICES you can make about anything and you have the whole world judging you for every single choice. You get a few dollars more for housing and they take away a few dollars for food stamps.

Meanwhile, the Koch brothers are buying whole state governments and its not even illegal.

[xchrom]

1. Du rec. Nt

[NAO]

2. Never any mention of 'the poor', always the middle class or the rich

AFAIK, Lyndon B. Johnson was the last person in Washington to talk about poverty.

[cthulu2016]

3. ...

Your edit negated my reply.

I rec'd your post.

[Little Star]

4. Good idea! k&r

[EFerrari]

5. Thank you.

[limpyhobbler]

6. k+r

lottery tickets are a waste of money. not sure what you're getting at there, but I agree with your sentiment 100%.

[undeterred]

9. Once in a while the lottery goes to someone who really needs a break:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002197941

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Well said. Bravo.

[etherealtruth]

8. Perfect!

[varelse]

10. K&R

[CTyankee]

11. Ah, but you see the poor are dragging us down using our tax dollars

but rich are...uh...oh, never mind...

[Iggo]

12. So it'd be in our best interest to make sure there are as few poor people as possible.

Wouldn't it?

EDIT: Oh, and I'm with you.