Posted by: jitenshakun
Posted by: KenN
Must be nice to easily slot people into one box or another. So nobody in Alberta has ever had a leg up on education or finances from family that maybe a poorer family couldn't afford? Is the poor family poor because they don't work hard enough?
I know more than a few Albertans that started off poor, didn't have any family money, didn't get an education - yet worked hard their whole lives at a business and did well for themselves and their family. Same type of people exist in BC and across Canada.
Canada has a boatload of opportunity compared to a lot of the world and I believe that your choices lead you to where you are. Help at the start helps - just as much as bad advice will hurt someone.
You ignored the question.
Is a poor family poor because they don't work hard enough?
Just because a few poor families in Alberta make out well doesn't mean that the same opportunities are available to all, and it doesn't negate the fact that some start out with advantages that others don't, simply by the lottery system of the family they were born into. Choice lead to where you are? So how about a family that does everything "right" saves, keeps debt to a minimum and maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen - then suddenly one family member gets mowed down by a drunk driver, or they have a child with a rare degenerative disease. That shit is only partly covered by insurance and health care, but the costs will destroy a struggling family's finances. Do we tell them they didn't work hard enough?