>Abbott and Donald smoked a cigarette in the bathroom and sorted through the grim math
So they can afford cigarettes? I have a hard time feeling bad for people with low income and expensive vices.
So they can afford cigarettes? I have a hard time feeling bad for people with low income and expensive vices.
It's like the saying that if you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem, but if you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank has a problem.
Here, if one person is stuck in poverty because of poor life choices, they have a problem. If ten million people are stuck in poverty because of poor life choices, we all have a problem.
Rather than point fingers and talk about "responsibility" and all the rest, it would be much more useful to simply talk about why this happens (both internal and external reasons), what can be done to help, and whether those actions are worthwhile.