Stranded by company out of state with no money

You want to talk facts then how about stating some facts about people truelly living in poverty. So far you only say 'i know people'. Fact is, other than a few that have had a devastating health issue, very few people have any excuse for their financial problems.

 

This kind of thinking is what's wrong with the country. It would be comical were it not so sad. Yes, poor people love being poor. They choose to be that way. smh

 

They must be happy then.

I hope the OP made it home.

Not sure how you define poor but there's nothing comical about people who can't afford to eat, it is sad indeed. And yes, for the most part people's situations reflect their choices.

Given the simple choice of being rich or being poor very few would choose poor, obviously. Yet many end up living in relative poverty. It's certainly not as simple as people setting out to be poor or wanting to be poor. And the idea that everyone is guaranteed equal opportunity but not equal results doesn't really ring true.

We're all products of our environment and our upbringing. In that regard some are truly disadvantaged. Ignorance, lack of self confidence and environmental pressures are just a few of the things that lead to some making better decisions than others.

It's not a simple problem by any means and the answer isn't as simple as 'teaching people to fish vs. feeding them for a day'. Personally I think more emphasis should be put on the 'teaching to fish' but I was never talking about abject poverty in this thread.

You won't likely get rich driving a truck or working in a warehouse but you will make enough to live, and if you make it a priority you will be able to put some money away for a rainy day. I don't know why so many choose, yes choose, to live at or beyond their means but many do. Maybe the 'teach them to fish' can be applied to teach them to look ahead and to realize the difference between immediate wants and long term needs.

As for the people you know who can't afford a cell phone, a car or more than one meal a day they have made bad choices, no doubt about it.

 

The truth is a lot of people with money spend way beyond their means. The best example is players who make it to the NBA. Often they grew up with little or nothing, then they get a six or seven figure signing bonus. They never learn discipline and retire in debt.

 

Scottie , you surprise me with that response. but it is what I would do and laugh while it was being towed.

 

Start selling stuff off the truck. When they do turn the fuel card on fill the tanks full of unleaded and leave it idling. Take a bus ticket home. I'll float you some cash

 

Fixed....

 

Always have a plan B and money. Never leave home without it.

 

Trolls beget trolls. We hardly need an outsider to get us started...

 

Where did you get this information from? This sounds like one of those "favorable facts", sourced from imagination...