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To: SilentZ who wrote (397777)	7/10/2008 6:49:10 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574309

"t's the truth. Most people making minimum wage in their 20s will probably never make six figures. I'd guess it's less than 10% of them.' what's the % in Cuba? China ?

To: SilentZ who wrote (397777)	7/10/2008 7:22:33 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574309

Z, > Most people making minimum wage in their 20s will probably never make six figures. I'd guess it's less than 10% of them. Let's get one thing straight here. Do you really think everyone making minimum wage can hardly feed their own families? Cause you know, Latinos are literally dying to come here and earn even that much. Why? Because it's a lot of money to them. True, they may never make six figures, but they're already upwardly mobile by the fact that they can even send some of their wages back home to Latin America. Or buy their children here more stuff than they could ever buy back home. I even saw one house in Anaheim that's nothing more than a shack. Yet the families living there (yes, two of them) have satellite dish TV (probably for the Spanish-speaking channels) and one of their kids has a Lightning McQueen electric-powered go-kart. Now how do you feel about those families? Sorry that they have to live that way when their neighbors are doing much better? Or happy that they're doing a whole lot better than, say, people in Tijuana or Guadelajara? To me, I consider their circumstances to be fortunate. I also forsee a future where their children can study hard, go to college, make good money (though probably not six figures), and either raise more well-off families or help their extended family even more. Or both. But that will NEVER happen if you tell them and their kids that class mobility doesn't exist, but government is here to help them out with all of their needs. Give me a break; the government is not the answer to their problems. Traditional values and a little ingenuity are the answers. Not collectivism. Tenchusatsu

To: SilentZ who wrote (397777)	7/10/2008 7:46:54 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574309

I know a couple who came to TX from MX as immigrants - probably illegal, though they are citizens now - I think through the Reagan era amnesty. They lived in a shack in someone's backyard at first. Worked, bought a house in a slum neighborhood in Houston and three houses nearby back when real estate prices collapsed here. They paid off the houses via the rents. A couple years ago, a developer paid them $160K each as teardowns. They then bought a new house in north Houston for the price of one and have the rest left over.

To: SilentZ who wrote (397777)	7/11/2008 11:28:29 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574309

It's the truth. Most people making minimum wage in their 20s will probably never make six figures. I'd guess it's less than 10% of them. I had a client once who entered the country, from Pakistan, in mid-June, and his first year here (half year, really), made over 100K. He could speak only broken English, but was a decent individual with a terrific work ethic. And he earned his money. Little formal education. I had a brother who went through college in his early 20s and graduated with a degree that was of marginal value. When he was in his 30s he returned to school -- studying harder than anyone I've ever known, plus managing a fast food joint, and when he died at 52 he was wealthy. It is all about how hard you try. A person who is determined to be successful in this country can be. I don't care if you're from the ghetto or where. Now, if you choose to f*ck up your life, you can do that, too. I could rattle off a thousand success stories of people I've known who made lemonade out of lemons. That is what makes America great.