Is Poverty a Choice?

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You are overlooking the overwhelming factors of luck in terms of time, place and conditions in which one is born, and the willingness (of some) to achieve by exploiting others or resources. This is a hidden but significant factor in a person's rise to fame and/or real wealth.



The factors you list above as "choices" frequently are not choices at all. Some are forced out of school in order to support their families. Some criminals do have a respectful and wealthy life: look at all the drug money in Miami. For many communities drug use is so prevalent "choosing" not to use is near impossible. Remember, these "choices" are made when people are adolescents, whose brains are not fully developed, and who have raging hormones that those of us at the other end of the life span can hardly remember. If you are not born into a wealthy country, in a middle class family, in a relatively safe neighborhood, these things are not choices.



How do you know that? From the outside, how can you tell if someone has a disability, mental illness, trauma or other factor? How do you know that some economic, political or other shift in the larger community has caused their "failure."

I understand your point that some people, with a lot of hard work, determination and luck can work their way up the class ladder. And that effort should be recognized and commended. But we cannot condemn so many others who are not able to do this.

Poverty is a choice only for those who for religious, moral or political reasons choose to limit their access to wealth and resources.

What, another question regarding employment by Foss?
Quite simply, 'Poverty', is everywhere.
There are currently many problems regarding social housings, Universal credit(where 6 previous benefits have now merged into one making tenants and people on middle or lower wage incomes poorer), there is social poverty which is distinguishable by a class system and there is genuine fear, of being impoverished by the time older people retire in case, their private pension assets freeze by a new recession within our economy that may deepen after Brexit.
Just remember Foss, the Swiss own their own currency whereas our wages have been trodden on and taxed by greedy foreign investors looking to increase migrant labour by 2020.
We are stamping out Brussels once and for all, before the Bourgeoisie hit back on their own employers.
I speak only from a general family perspective where sometimes, you need to get personal in order to stand up and be counted for.
People like the Mccanns, have professionally exploited the public purse strings as they choose to punish citizens because their daughter has been missing for eleven years. The ensuing cost won't bring her back and it's breaking the bank trying. Maybe if they checked on her when they left her alone she might be alive now.
A few more promising leads is just going to go nowhere and I feel sorry for those who won't get their money back. That includes Osborne's Grand, (stupid) idea of investing in business first class travel to suit his and other rich capitalists on their model commutes, when what every traveller wants, is cheaper travel not the starlight bloody express. Maybe he should grant lighter bails to tax evaders too, his brother needs it with the help there is out there. The Autumn budget sounded like an express train filling in all the stops but, actually going nowhere.
Anyway, enough of my public brawl and think about lifting your own community spirit. Christ if your family is rich what are you moaning about? I had the same trash about getting a well paid decent job when I was young, well, its nothing now in a system of continual failure to match supply with demand.
People have grown sick of the lies when what they want is a Xmas bonus and a big thank you for keeping the public purse open. Maybe you should get a job as a reporter, you'd do well with speaking out for the social and lower classes. We need young blood to tackle a tricky in house communion, in inhospitable and half crazed Europe. Bring back the British expats and lose all the cheap waste of space politicians are creating and harping on about.
Put in some hostels and keep the cities safe.