It isn't being poor that sucks. Its not having any pathway out of being poor that sucks. Socialism, consistently followed, makes the pathway equal for everyone. Which is why it fails when consistently followed. No one's going to struggle to create if there is no reward.
I worked two jobs, spent very little, saved money, went back to school for electrical engineering technology, graduated and became a programmer
I was one of six kids. We were always taught learning was important. We went to Catholic schools. We had nothing but always lived in a neighborhood where everybody worked. I think that is very important. Seeing cause and effect is very important.
But this is not unusual. Many people in the US have parents or grandparents who started with nothing.
Poverty is a cultural and political creation. Most people that desire to save and invest and are allowed to keep the results will work their way out of it. Those who are taught to consume and borrow or have the results of their efforts taken cannot.
