lmao, the instant a poor person disagrees with you they're not poor.

I commented because I saw someone jealous of someone else's success and responded accordingly. I don't really care about anything else you said, but I did grow up in poverty and get out. I grew up really poor, didn't have the same experiences as most of my friends growing up, even the ones who were also on free lunch in high school (80% of my school was on free or reduced price lunch, it was an inner city high school). You just can't believe that someone can pull themselves out of poverty because you're so used to blaming society and others for your failure that you don't want to think that maybe you could be to blame.

"special college prep classes" yeah it was literally a regular public high school. No application needed, no test scores, just a regular public high school. If you spent more time paying attention in school and thinking of your future you would've gotten the same info I got. Instead you're a loser in what, your 30s? Probably working some dead end job or for the government? Here's a tip, go look into some high paying careers you think you might find enjoyable, go back to college and study a related major, and get a job in one of those fields.

lol, you're so pathetic. Guess what, they told you that too, you just didn't listen in college. That's why you're a loser now, and you're going to keep being a loser until you learn to make good decisions.

There are programs you can use that connect with your bank account / credit cards that will automatically categorize your purchases. I think mint is one.

lol the high school I went to specifically had a program for getting kids into college. We had a class we took for 4 years prepping us for it, they made us all apply to city & state colleges. Didn't matter, a bunch of people just went because they didn't have anything else to do without a plan. What I call going hungry is having to skip dinner, or simply eating a small dinner, to the point where I was hungry going to bed. I was very skinny growing up because of that, took me. a while to bulk up in college & after.

I'm a hispanic immigrant, don't give me some shit about being a "able-bodied white man". Stop making excuses for yourself. You're a loser because you're not able to plan for the future, not because of some invisible bogeyman of racism/sexism/homophobia. My being non-White has actually only been a benefit to me in my career.

Well, I did. I went hungry some nights in middle school and high school. Went on two vacations my whole life until I started making my own money (both paid for by other family members). Most of the people I am thinking of from high school simply didn't know what they were going to do after high school. A lot of them went in to college without a plan, and later dropped out. I worked hard during high school to get a scholarship, and then in college I worked hard to get an internship and a good job. Now I'm able to support my family as a result of that. Most of the people who "try and fail" that I've seen hardly tried at all. I'm talking people who applied to some random state colleges, got in, went for a year and then stopped doing homework or showing up to class before dropping out.

I did it, and I have friends who did it as well. What I noticed growing up poor is that most people who "made it out" had good long term planning skills and made good decisions for their future, even if it required a short term sacrifice or lack of gain. Most people who didn't, generally just messed around and didn't seriously plan for their future. After a certain age, I have little sympathy for people who are poor and complain about it.

They can work hard to improve their lives. People who need help, get help whether from the government or charity. If people want to be in the position to spend $10,000 on dining out, they can work hard to improve their lot in life.