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 No, you have that backwards. Life is a series of choices. Make shitty choices and your life will be shitty. Make good choices and your life will be better. Some people don't even understand that fundamental reality. Some people don't see the point of becoming educated enough to make good choices. Some people actually go out of their way to and prefer to make shitty choices, foolishly thinking there's a shortcut to or exit strategy to a better life (like gambling or crime or getting pregnant). There are no shortcuts, no walks in the park, you have to do the work and make the right choices.[/quote]

The choices you have depend on the hand you're dealt and how well you understand the game.

If you're dealt a mixed hand of crappy cards...

and you can barely read them...

and you don't really understand the rules or odds of the game...

and you're distracted by a lot of other things like being hungry, medical issues, having to help support your family, lacking role models, etc. ...

and you don't have the financial resources to bluff ...

then most of your choices are bad and the odds that you will end up worse off after that hand are very high, no matter what you choose. [/quote]

Lots of us are dealt mixed hands of crappy cards - parents that divorce, die young, who are alcoholics, drug dependent, manic depressive, can't manage money and go bankrupt, lose their jobs, have nervous breakdowns bla bla bla.  Hunger?  Issues at home?  No role models?  Cry me a river, you weren't born in Somalia or Afghanistan.  There's a whole lot of people who just sit around playing the victim rather than taking charge of their lives.  There are library branches all over the city, including Anacostia.  We have some of the best museums in the nation right here in DC.  There's a SHIT-TON of resources available already - yet people don't even bother taking advantage of all of the milk and honey they already have before whining for more.  They don't have libraries and museums in Somalia, they don't have SNAP and all of the other subsidies and benefits there that we do.

Do we as the rest of society have an obligation to help the poor, the sick, the hungry, those who've fallen on tough times?  YES.  Of course we do.  But are we as the rest of society obligated to pay every bill and wipe every ass indefinitely?  Absolutely NOT.  And that's what the whole issue here is.[/quote]

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