By: Ty Brown
This comment- “Yet, some can improve it more easily, some can improve it more drastically, and thats just life. It is more difficult for the poor or the genetically ungifted to improve their life, as a...
View ArticleBy: Wilson
This is a very retro post–it sounds like something from the 20s with its exhortations to diligence, cleanliness, and evening classes. And while not unreasonable, people are rightly annoyed by being...
View ArticleBy: SJean
“This comment- “Yet, some can improve it more easily, some can improve it more drastically, and thats just life. It is more difficult for the poor or the genetically ungifted to improve their life, as...
View ArticleBy: Johanna
Fuji’s article contains the seed of its own undoing, where it says this: “While some of these families are mired in poverty, many (the exact proportion is unclear) are headed by retirees and those...
View ArticleBy: Mel
I could say a lot but as usual, Trent has said it better than I could. I wish everyone would take his advice to heart, and I wish someone had told me the exact same thing when I was 22.
View ArticleBy: taiga
What troubles me about this post is the implication that the advice you give is politics-free. Believing that anyone can get ahead if they would just do X, Y, and Z potentially frees one from the...
View ArticleBy: Adam Lehman
this post is great, but the problem isn’t necessarily the attitude of the working poor, the problem is with the culture then find themself in. this culture perpetuates this lifestyle and the attitude....
View ArticleBy: Jon
There’s nothing as disgusting as the cries of “white privilege” or “male privilege”. It demeans huge groups of people by saying that their most important characteristic is their race or gender. The...
View ArticleBy: Suzy
“I grew up in a loving household with two wonderful parents.” And that, Trent, is the crux of the issue. It doesn’t matter whether one grows up poor or not. Having “two wonderful parents” (not...
View ArticleBy: riley
“Credit cards. When the tax rebates come out and people use it to pay off their credit card debts instead of putting it back into the economy like the politicans want, you’ll understand.” I would have...
View ArticleBy: Chris
The negative posts in this thread are making me nauseous. It’s pretty rare that I’m ashamed to be an American, but right about now would be one of them. My mom and all of her nine (yes, nine) brothers...
View ArticleBy: Dan
Excellent post Chris! I have a similar past – after 8 years in the military and 3 years of going to school year-round full-time while holding a full-time job I am now happily easing my way into the top...
View ArticleBy: Young Investor
Trent, I definately think that the rich do get richer and the poor do get poorer. The only reason why anyone is in the financial position they are in, is because of the way that they are thinking. Yes...
View ArticleBy: Ben
I liked a lot of your advice – I agree that it isn’t just about working hard, you have to have a plan for your work. I thought though that the comment about tattoos and piercings was thoughtless. I...
View ArticleBy: Trent
I have many friends and acquaintances with significant tattoos – one person even has his scalp tattoed, for example, and another person has significant symbols over his hands and forearms. I’ve watched...
View ArticleBy: Antonio
I love this post. My girlfriend and I moved into our new place in March of this year and we decided to try and give up cable, as you suggested. Well, I actually enjoy it. I’ve been more productive and...
View ArticleBy: MeekWoman
I love the “Today one year ago” links! It helps me systematically go through past articles. This was an excellent post, and touched based with me more now than ever. While I’m a successful young...
View ArticleBy: Terry
Some of us really do live on the edge, and a community college course can be out of reach for some.
View ArticleBy: Squirrelers
This is a very good post. Not a new post, as this comment looks like the first one here in quite a while! Nonetheless, a good read and I felt compelled to say “Bravo!”
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