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Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by pigpag on Friday November 14, 2025 @04:59PM (#45932672)
Not all poverty is created equal.

Some people had good financial discipline and still fell into poverty due to business catastrophes, accidents or health problems. We need better systems to provide shields for those people, be it bankruptcy laws, universal insurance or healthcare.

Others live in unhabitable environments that can never sustain a viable economy. Until humanity finds technologies to address those environmental issues, they can never get out of poverty.

Then there are always people who are reckless and irresponsible. They are black holes of resources. Some can be educated while others do deserve to be poor. It's based their own decisions and I don't see a moral issue to leave them alone.

Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by throwaway173738 on Friday November 14, 2025 @09:42PM (#45934604)
I’d say 99% of the poor are in the first two categories. So I don’t really care if the third category gets some stuff too if it means we help everyone else.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by abnercoimbre on Friday November 14, 2025 @10:11PM (#45934736)
Agreed. I was nodding along with the GP right up until their ending statement, yikes.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by terminalshort on Friday November 14, 2025 @10:46PM (#45934892)
I sure see a lot of people in category 3
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by bccdee on Saturday November 15, 2025 @12:49AM (#45935360)
Oh really? Where? How can you tell they're reckless or lazy and not (e.g.) disabled?
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by terminalshort on Saturday November 15, 2025 @06:59AM (#45936832)
It's pretty easy to see when someone spends money like an idiot
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor by bccdee on Saturday November 15, 2025 @10:05AM (#45937902)
The spectre of the "wasteful welfare recipient" is invoked constantly, but I've never seen any of these people. The poor people I've known are, by necessity, quite careful with money.