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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I was tempted to answer this post earlier on.......but didn't have time...sausages to prick, clinkers to poke and real life to get on with. Mancie, you see in posts something that you want to see, and always with a political stance.....you interpret them subjectively.
I haven't seen anyone who has said the kind of thing you have quoted....and when people have mentioned their impoverished past, that doesn't necessarily mean they think that people today should expereince the same....they are making a comparison to what it was like then ....and what it is like now.

I would not wish poverty on anyone....mainly because I have been impoverished......financially that is.
Poverty imprints itself on you and changes your relationship with money and acquisition of goods.

It can also be very productive....it can make you resilient, self reliant and resourceful......but this only happens when you are prepared to get out there and graft. Graft at anything. Work isn't just about money, it is about aspiration, self worth...being part of a society that is useful...rather than sitting back and expecting someone else to do the legwork.
I'm pretty sure you will find some political slant to put on this...where there is none.

There are different kinds of poverty.......and lots of them have nothing at all to do with what you have, where you live, or what you do for a living, or for that matter what political views you hold.

Straight to the point honest post that makes sense, I'll just sit back now and wait for the backlash