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With complaints of racism people complain life is not fair from banks that refuse loans To elite schools that have more funding better equipment better education the rich get richer their children have a better chance prestigious schools prepare children for better lives you are right greater wealth gives wealthy parents more money to fund schools to improve resources to improve education improving children's knowledge gives children a greater chance of success life is about choice If you choose to waste your lives on alcohol or drugs don't blame others for their success working together you could create wealth for yourselves between brothers, sisters, cousins and aunts every family would have a hundred people in their extended family a hundred people saving ten dollars each per week a thousand dollars per week fifty-two thousand dollars per year the deposit for a house every year After ten years you could sell the houses to create companies and jobs for yourself and your family building family wealth creating the wealth to fund schools to provide a better education for your children by becoming wealthy Poverty keeps your people suffering your children turn to drugs selling drugs to make money but destroying lives we could all make better decisions working together you can create family wealth that lifts you out of poverty that allows you to fund your schools granted it would take time to provide a better education for your children Instead of being angry because of other peoples success become successful build the lives you want Ten dollars per week can build housing but another ten dollars a week each could be used to help your extended family's children gain the education to improve lives fifty two thousand dollars per year given to one child every year Could give them the education to lift them out of poverty living in poverty struggling for every dollar drives your children to make bad decisions gangs from to protect the group it's safer to live in a wars zone than it is, to walk down the streets of gang-related territories your children die every day from the wars on the streets Yet children turn, to selling drugs to make money to have a life they enjoy gangs provide comradery Children just want to have fun poverty breeds hatred but if you want to provide a stable environment If you want to climb out of the gutter then people working together can create a better life

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Date: 11/21/2022 12:36:00 AM
Fair comment, Bernard i've often thought Similar in a past life lol))) yet now the reality Is bared i see there are more people conniving To keep the average familiy down that I knew.' So a lot to digest in juxtaposition to this Hope you are going well '
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Bernard Barclay
Date: 12/5/2022 8:04:00 PM
All the best Joe hope you have a great Christmas

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