We do have opportunity here. Don’t get me wrong. There are places where it’s hard to make things work though. Inner cities can be a hard place to move on up. Certain areas of large cities where poor Blacks live, have few jobs in the area.
Look, I’m not dumping on our nation, but I think we have to acknowledge that there are some places where it isn’t easy to climb out. That’s all.
An Asian friend of mine made his way across the border from China to Hong Kong years ago with nothing in his pockets.
He made his way to the U.S. and at one time lived in a chicken coop while he bicycled to work at a mortuary. Now there's a nice job.
I think he understood that at every point in time it was essential that he live within his means and accumulate something.
I have plenty of work that could be done around my place. But I have no intention of paying two or three times minimum wage which is what many of the illegals in my area are charging. So the work remains undone and there are no jobs.
I predict that in twenty years in the U.S. there will be many, many people living in what would pass for a chicken coop. Some will thrive and others won't. Few, however, will be on government assistance.