@xanni15:
"(First reply) Plenty of rich people get caught for tax evasion, not paying the proper amount of money for things, houses foreclosed on, cars repossessed, etc. Having more money doesn't mean you'll keep it all."
My point was that at least they have the money to pay the bills, while a poor person has to make the decision to either spend it on the bills so they can have a roof over the head or spend it on food so the kids won't starve. That is a huge difference. If you can't see that then you are just naive or being stubborn or both.
"Neither of us can know for sure how much time poor or rich parents spend with their families, I just put out a scenario where rich parents could run into problems with privileged children."
The problems that poor people do run into when trying to raise children in poor, crime ridden areas are still much more weighty than the ones well-to-do families have. In addition to all the usual stuff they have to make sure their kids don't get enticed by nasty street gangs, don't become criminals to survive, don't get killed and just stay out of trouble in general. That plus they have their own stuff to worry about, like maintaining a job and trying to feed and take care of their families with little help in a dangerous environment.
"If you can't afford to support a child, don't have one yet. I know there was an article where rich people were shown to put off having children till later in life so they could focus on their life/career first."
True, I have no idea why these people keep opening their legs if they can't afford them. But unfortunately this is just what we have to deal with. Are some poor people making life harder for themselves? Yes. But their life is still worse than someone well-to-do. plus not all poor people began poor, some may have been middle class but had misfortunes and never managed to climb back to the top.
"I don't have the statistics of robberies but I don't know why someone would rob the house of someone who has nothing, unless they do then I would question how poor they really are."
Plenty of poor people still have basic household items. Poor areas are rampant with all sorts of crime.
"Poverty is viewed differently all around the world, the United States's version of poverty is living like royalty in the eyes of some around the world."
While that's true, their hardships still can't be compared with those of the rich.
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