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Not trolling at all and your comment would be better without the trollish accusation. I sincerely believe this is a matter of personal freedom. No free country should seek to restrict what people can do with their hard earned money. In the same way, I believe that no free country should seek to restrict what plants people choose to put in their bodies.

There are 1001 ways to destroy yourself financially as a poor person in America and precious few ways to have breakout financial success. If you're a poor person, but an early tech adopter of products like Dropbox, Oculus, and Uber, you could very well be a great investor and lift your entire family out of poverty.

Being poor does not make someone stupid or incapable of making proper life decisions. There are far more poor smart people than rich smart people in the world. Most people never leave their social class, regardless of their intelligence, in large part because most avenues for escape are blocked.



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