People are products of their environment plain and simple. Every successful person that has risen from poverty has done so by hard work and ethics change. The government and their public assistant programs have done little other than create a enable most to remain in a life of poverty. Rather than facilitate people to live in poverty we need to reward those that work their way out of the trap.

Each kid in the poverty culture has to decide if they are willing to to break out of it or not.....most don't. Its too easy to blame somebody else....

There's no doubt that we have many working poor.Obama's economy and bad decisions are going to escalate these numbers dramatically.First the government changed full-time work hours from 40 to 30.As obamacare kicks in many companies will simply cut hours to part-time to avoid fees.These two bad decisions together will cost the already working poor 22 hours a week of pay for a couple with no chance of the occasional overtime.This situation could easily happen to anyone as the economy grows worse.Then we have a totally different group of the poor.An until the black culture changes this group will simply continue to drain the entitlement programs.We will soon see these same people lined up at every Christmas giveaway in town.Most in line will be dressed nicely.Their hair and nails will be done as they text on their smartphones.Those are the facts.....

The poor require a warm bed, hot food, clothing and safety. If the taxpayer provided for the needs of the poor rather than giving money for their wants, there would be far fewer poor people. I do blame the poor for buying 52" televisions and the like rather than food for their children. That is why the poor should not receive aid in the form of debit cards, checks, etc.

The Decatur Daily and the Democrats has a problem with finding fault with people who make good decisions and become successful and wealthy from those decisions.

More liberal kool-aid from the DD. Since the Daily is pushing for wealth equality, then divide your assets among the 31%. The poor do deserve better, but they must be willing to make better decisions, tough decisions, and work hard. I came from a very poor farming family. I watched my dad and mother work hard all their lives to provide for me and my siblings. Going to the grocery store or out to eat was a luxury. They saved, worked the land and gave us better than they ever got. They taught us MORALS and VALUES, RESPECT, DISCIPLINE and what it meant to work hard. Traits that my children will also learn. Look around at society. My family's culture is a minority by today's standards. In a few more years it will be extinct under the current course. I give thousands of dollars each year to charities, but each year they want more and more. My limit and tolerance has been reached. This country is heading towards a civil war with the middle-classed hard working American stuck in the middle. As my grandpa used to say, the cow has gone dry.

All aid should be paid for with labor. It is demeaning to anyone to deprive them of their dignity by giving them charity without allowing them to pay with work. Everyone can work in some capacity, except the severely disabled. Almost everyone has a better sense of self-worth when working. Like Otis said, provide for the needs. No food cards, no checks. I also have reluctantly decided it would be better to legalize drugs to take away the pusher's profit incentive to entice the troubled and the young into a terrible lifestyle. Do not punish families for having a husband and wife together, and only two children, by refusing them assistance because they are working. Remove the incentives for young women or girls to plan several out-of-wedlock children for the benefits they receive.

Not to mention paying for all the illegals babies also.

Poor sad little minded REPUGS.....

Bubba

hey bubba, obama won, you can stop blowing him now.......

Quote from the editorial: "What separates the poor from everyone else has more to do with circumstance than character." Well here is a news flash for you. I knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy's cousin that was at one point in his life homeless. He worked three jobs and never took a dime of welfare or food stamps or EBT cards. He didn't let his circumstances dictate his lot in life. Character made the difference, not circumstances.

Tammy you nasty person....Jamie what's any of these guys name?

Bubba

I've never met one person who worked hard in school and made themselves marketable that ended up poor NOT ONE ! It's ALWAYS the lazy people who didn't try in school, instead of stuying hard they were smoking dope and robbing liquor stores, you know I'm right.. Quit making excuses for people choosing drugs over hard work, your weak politically correct views are why America is on a rapid decline.

Always with the same bootstraps myth.

Indeed. As George Carlin said, 'they call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.' It matters much more who your parents are as to what economic category you will fall into these days, than any other factor. There is less economic mobility in this country now than at any other point in our history.

SOURCE: http://www.classwarfareexists.com/report-economic-mobility-evades-majority-of-americans/#axzz2DDUL2qeP

ha ha Tammy, you can't get O'Bubba to stop getting a quiver up his leg over Mr. Obama. I bet O'Bubba gets free access to the DD online as part of the package.

Bubber gets all the govment goodies , he luvs mr Obamie , heck he would even live with him if he could he,s one fine moron lover , yep I said it bubber you are a moron , people like you are why this country is going down the drain in a hurry , ones like you are the ones who rigged the election too , no way Obamie won again but "bubber" says hes a fine prez. One morons opinion does not make all the wrongs Obamie has done right

wish I could take credit for this, but this is very well put. Worth a read for a chuckle.

Dear American liberals,leftists,social progressives, socialists, regressive, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:

1. Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy. Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides had such distinct and disparate tastes.

2. We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them.

3. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

4. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military.

5. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar, and bio-diesel.

6. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

7. We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street.

8. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens.

9. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.

10. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood ..

11. You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.

12. You can have the peace-niks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

13. We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.

14. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and Shirley McLain. You can also have the U.N., but we will no longer be paying the bill.

15. We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

16. You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors..

17. We'll continue to believe healthcare is an earned luxury and not a right.

18. We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."

19. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya," or "We Are the World".

20. We'll practice trickledown economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

21. Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our constitution and our flag.

In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,

John J. Wall

Law Student and an American

P.S.: Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, and Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S..: And you won't have to "Press 1 for English" when you call our country.

**If you can't stand behind our Military, Please feel free to stand in front of them! **