The Formula For Avoiding Poverty

1) Stay in school (go to college or at least graduate high school).............2) Don't have a child out of wedlock.............3) Don't have a child until you reach the age of 20.............4) Don't smoke (a two pack a day habit in CT costs $15 dollars a day/$105 a week/$5,460 a year, increases health-care costs, and reduces productivity).............5) Don't drink heavily (for the identical reasons as to why you shouldn't smoke).............6) Learn to defer gratification, in general.............7) Get a second job if necessary................................................................................................P.S. According to a study cited by the March of Dimes, simply doing the first three will reduce your likelihood of living in poverty by a whopping 89% (64% vs. 7%)....It would really be interesting to see how the OWS movement would put its arms around this syndrome.

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  1. Les,
    Great post! I have tried telling something very similar to each of my children and now that they are approaching their late twenties they are seeing that the old man is pretty smart. I only wish they would have listened ten years ago. They would have college degrees and probably great jobs.
    Sandy

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  2. Credit for this post goes to Will "take no prisoners" Hart.

    He is the moderate voice at RN USA and blogs at his own site... WILL "TAKE NO PRISONERS" HART."

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  3. 8) Don't vote for anyone who will promise to increase your taxes, or will likely increase your taxes even if they promise not to.

    9) Vote against over-regulation, forced unionization, and other factors which force employers to fire people and cut wages.

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