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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hear, hear!

DCUM is apparently the land of the
...3%? I don't even know. Well above the top 10% of earners for the country, it seems. And yet all these posts say "I just worked hard and made good choices." Do you think you are honestly THAT much smarter and harder working than the other 97% of the country? Do you honestly think everyone in a job that pays under 6 figures just doesn't work as hard as you? Or that there are enough jobs in finance, law, medicine, and tech that if everyone wanted to make "better choices" and be wealthy, everyone could? [b]Statistically, either everyone else is really dumb and lazy[/b], or you're overvaluing your efforts and undervaluing luck and other factors. [/quote]

While not everyone, the bottom half of the curve in the U.S. is pretty dumb and lazy.[/quote]
I hate to say it, and I can't quite confirm lazy, but dumb, yes, for sure. I have come into contact with people recently (a lot of them) working minimum wage jobs. Most of them aren't capable of navigating this world even inasmuch as getting their UI claims right and writing a coherent paragraph. It is sad and I don't know how to fix this but many many poor people are not smart. At all. [/quote]

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