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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Yes, non-poor people turn down higher paying jobs for a whole host of reasons, BUT THEY WORK, PAY THEIR TAXES AND CARRY THEIR OWN WEIGHT.  Frankly, it's downright OFFENSIVE if someone who otherwise should be perfectly capable of working and affording to pay their own pay is instead relying on the rest of us to subsidize their choices and lifestyle while the rest of us then have to work even harder and pay even more in taxes just because they "don't want to".[/quote]

It is interesting that you equate "poor" with "not working". In fact, two relatively large groups of the poor are the working poor -- those who work but whose salaries are not sufficient to cover the cost of living -- and the elderly, who in many if not most cases, worked at one time.

DC has a significant number of members of a third group -- ex-offenders, who have a very difficult time finding a job. These individuals are willing and able to work, but can't get a job once they check the box on an application asking if they've ever had a criminal conviction.
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I don't think I have any reasonable expectation to be able to still afford to live in DC when I retire - that's realistic.  I will likely move to a more affordable community when I retire.  I've had to move several times in order to find jobs, in order to find affordable places to live, et cetera.  Why would anyone else have such expectations of things never changing and always being able to live wherever you want?
And, ex-offenders reflects another set of very poor life choices.  Yet it's everyone else who ends up paying the price for their irresponsibility.  How is that fair or equitable?[/quote]

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