Re:The Challenges of Being in the New Contract Workforce
by Consultant32452 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @11:53PM
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That's exactly what started this conversation. /u/rectang made the following statement:
>It's also expensive, inconvenient, time-consuming, and risky to be poor. None of the suggestions you make are "easy" for poor people.
>Consider how much time, energy, and expertise it takes even to research disability insurance and buy the appropriate product.
This whole thing is about me calling out rectang for suggesting that poor people are too stupid to buy disability insurance.
Re:The Challenges of Being in the New Contract Workforce
by rectang on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @08:46AM
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Me: "People don't run fast on broken legs."
You: "The soft bigotry of low expectations..."
Re:The Challenges of Being in the New Contract Workforce
by Consultant32452 on Thursday January 25, 2018 @02:56PM
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Me: It's possible to start a small business without having another person in the house backing you financially.
You: But what if you're mentally disabled?
I don't think anyone is actually suggesting that.
I was suggesting, essentially, that poverty is a vicious cycle. That, to quote the movie Hell or High Water, "I been poor my whole life. So were my parents, an their parents before 'em ... It's like a disease, passing from generation to generation. Becomes, a sickness, that's what it is ... Infects every person you know"
And obviously this isn't a universal. There are always exceptions, that goes without saying.