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Given the vast number of immigrants (my parents among them) who came to the US with neither money, language, nor education and yet still managed to make a good life for themselves and their offspring, anyone playing the 'I'm poor because I come from a poor background' card is, in my opinion, looking for an excuse for their own shortcomings.

--Pete

We agree. I could say more, but people would visciously attack me like last time this was brought up.

I will say that people stay poor because they choose to keep making bad choices. Nobody has to be poor. Yes, it is a choice.

That said, it is possible to live a comfortable stable existence with very little money but very few people choose to live that way. Most would rather live beyond their means and subject themselves to being a debt slave.

If you are sick of being 'poor' then calculate how much you spend at Starbucks in a week or how much you spend on fast food. Take that money and INVEST INVEST INVEST.

And on a completely different subject, Pete, I am sure you have heard that most of our best doctors are going to South East Asia and the great big tourist hospitals there. Basically 5 star hotels with the best doctors in the world working there. More and more people are skipping out on the high cost of US medicine and going to a place where the dollar buys more care. Interesting stuff!