"You know who could really use some extra cash? People who are already loaded!" -Tinnitus Talk, 2018
The question is not about "who could really use the cash" - the question is about who had earned the right to have the cash. By definition it is the people who had actually earned some cash of their own. So any extra cash ought to go to them. If they think that they don't need any more cash, they can always donate it to whoever they want.
TIL I also learned from our loving community that if you don't have a lot of money, you aren't hardworking and are uneducated.
You earn money by generating value (=helping the people who trade with you, as they get more from the transaction than what they pay you). So your lifetime earnings measure your lifetime contribution. I guess this approach to measuring one's contribution ignores the things like unpaid work around the house, but surely this would not account for a significant amount. Besides, most of the people who work (and have a good income) perform the same chores, so most of it will cancel out.
If you're working class or below your story is all the same!
Something like 10% of the population have an intelligence that won't allow them to get a good education. They never had a choice - it is very tragic. If someone is not part of that group, and lives in a country like the United States, I don't see what excuse they have. In the United States, you can borrow the money for your education (so lack of money is not a good excuse). You can also get an education as a mature student (so being dumb when one is young is not a good excuse). What other excuses are there? And c'mon - the students are enjoying themselves and their youth, without thinking about their future - THAT is the most common reason for people not doing well and for most of that misery. They traded their future for that fun - it was their choice.
Nobody said they were dumb or lazy. They made some choices that must have been right for them, but now that they made that choice, it is very unfair when they turn around and try to force the people who paid for their future with their youth to do favours for them. Am I going to get my youth back? No. I am ok with that, but if they get some future at my expense (even after they chose not to have a future), that is profoundly unfair To ME. Can you see where I am coming from?
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