Why are there poor folks in America?
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Ah, yes, so easy. Why didn’t I think of that… oh wait, it’s because the premise explicitly does not make this assumption. Holy fucking shit, you imbeciles. Why even bother trying to reason with boomers.
> “A physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island with no implements and a can of food. The physicist and the chemist each devised an ingenious mechanism for getting the can open; the economist merely said, ‘Assume we have a can opener’!” **~ Kenneth Boulding**; *Economics as a Science*, p. 101; 1970
A computer new costs $500. You could probably get a used one for $200. Or go the fucking library.
You can make that money by working the easiest, low skill job imaginable.
But would it be too much to expect people to already own shoes and clothes to be able to show up to work?