Reply #35: The poor are not lazy any more than the general population. [View All]

[OnionPatch]

In fact, they probably understand that they have to work harder than the average person just to get ahead. I've known quite a few poor people and can honestly say that a very tiny percentage of them are losers and lazy bums. Most of them are poor because of situations that they have very little control over.

The whole problem is that hard, honest work is no longer valued in our society. If you're doing unskilled labor, no matter how hard, well, you're a chump who couldn't think of some scam to rake in the bucks easier. Republicans say that people shouldn't expect "something for nothing." I hear that meme all the time from them. Well, I have news for them, that should go for employers as well.