Sentences with phrase «poor people choices»

What if we were to abolish all school districts and give poor people choices that other people have?

Not exact matches

Without any rationale thinking and fueled solely by emotions is the very reason why you see people try short - term fad diets and other questionable health choices along with poor business decisions.
You make a poor career choice: There are too many people out there who studied for a degree they regret or even spent their lives pursuing a career they regret.
My annual letter this year is an argument for making the choice to keep on helping extremely poor people build self - sufficiency.
I've heard people say that they don't contribute to their 401 (k) because the fund choices are poor.
Unless you have concerns regarding your ability to get coverage, such as if you've been diagnosed with a life - shortening condition like cancer, our analysis indicates this is a poor choice for most people.
Family connections may be a source of a lot of pain or anger, and because of the way our legals system is set up, at every turn on «your way out», legal forms demand «next of kin», hospitals demand «next of kin» — no kidding the poor dying person has no choice but to think of family.
You can also poke around on your Nook or Kindle — there are e-books there written for the faithful that give a detailed insight into the cult - like thinking (well, poor choice of words, a favorite LDS saying is, «the thinking is done», but you catch my drift) that's used to control their people from a very young age to find «the world» unbearable and the church to be a haven, etc..
The problem so many people have is that we feel responsible for the poor choices of others, not that I know whether homosexuality is or isn't.
(I want to make clear from the start that these poor people aren't wearing the dunce caps by choice, but because the church is attempting to shame them.)
When people get a tattoo, they seldom realize when they make a poor choice, and they get in touch with reality after several years.
2) Original blessing says what God created is good, we can make poor choices (sins) but we can learn from our mistakes and encourage each other to be better people.
Our choice is simply, a president who wants to 1) increase you taxes and what everyone to pay «more» — coded as «fair share», 2) considers the poor decisions of one person to be paid for by others (everything from health care to welfare to immigration) and 3) has repeatedly lied to the american people (i.e. benghazi).
We believe everyone goes to some eternal reward (less pleasant for those who have made poor choices here e.g. murderers, etc.) and you go to a place to be with people that you feel comfortable with.
People are poor for a lot of reasons, and choice is certainly a factor, but categorically blaming poverty on lack of faith or lack of initiative is not only uninformed, it's unbiblical.
Jane Martin: Well, it's very complex and it's very difficult for people to understand and we need to empower people and give them the tools to make these healthier choices when people's diets are very poor, we have an overweight and obesity epidemic and associated chronic disease.
Not for the defeated players, but for your poor choice of shopping in person rather than online I would wager — shame on you Darren, shame on you.
«At the end of the day, though, sometimes young people make poor choices.
I've been trying to formulate a comment without being self - righteous about my choice to stay home or being dismissive of truly poor people who really can't stay home... To me it's not so much that I am willing to do the work of caring for my little one «for free» its that the job is «priceless» and not one that I really felt anyone else was capable of doing, or would be appropriately tasked to do (that is caring for a 0 - 5 year old for the majority of her waking hours).
So, it's not enough for me — as a parent — to explain to my children that some people just make poor life choices.
For 50 years now, we've had «Great Society» programs covering peoples» poor choices to have children they are not prepared to support, and all it's accomplished is turning illegitimacy and irresponsible parenting into a growth industry.
They occur more and more frequently due to the amount of time people spend sitting down, not playing enough sports and due to poor dietary choices.
My Guatemalan husband tells me that rich people let their kids walk around barefoot for fun because they can, but poor kids walk around barefoot because they don't have another choice.
«Walmart is a good thing for these poor neighborhoods so people have choice in lower prices and job opportunities.
But, she added, «If (people) want to make poor choices, that's their choice.
Although many commentators do note factors such as the price of gym membership, much of the blame for higher levels of obesity among poor people is placed on dietary choices.
The problem is the change in Conservative Party policy away from choice and less government won't help the poor and people who are dependent on their wages / salary to live.
A choice between an «irresponsible capitalism» which sees huge gaps between the richest and the poorest, power concentrated in a few hands, and people are just in it for the fast buck whatever the consequences.
Although it is true that some aspects of modern life can increase cancer, as Andy Coghlan in New Scientist put it, «most of them are down to poor lifestyle choices that people can do something about, not, as implied, because they are drowning in a sea of carcinogens from which there is no escape.»
Unless we change the way we manage our land, in the next 30 years we may leave a billion or more vulnerable poor people with little choice but to fight or flee.
Circumstances, upbringing, parents lacking tools, other people's poor choices, things that were not in your control, have cast what you might believe is a permanent shadow that will follow you for the rest of your life.
While naturally thin people aren't food saints that always eat what their bodies perfectly need, they don't dwell on their poor choices either.
«Not only does alcohol contain a lot of calories, but people also make poor food choices when they re under the influence,» says Delinsky.
This one person is well - equipped to arrest the unhealthiest of us lurking in the shadows of poor eating habits and poor food choices.
Most people in the modern world do either from diet or poor lifestyle choices or both.
Many gluten - free foods have added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium to maintain flavor, making them a poor choice for most people — especially for those with PCOS.
«A small handful of nuts can be a great way to not be starving so you don't» make poor choices at meal time,» said Foroutan, who reminds people not to forget about noted brain foods walnuts and pecans.
It's no surprise that people tend to get overloaded and give up (read: give in to cravings and poor food choices) quickly.
Science aside, many people find that they are so famished by the time they finally allow themselves to eat after skipping a meal that they make poor choices and consume whatever is quick and easy or what they are craving most.
2) Most «problems» come from really poor food choices - even though people think they are eating «paleo».
So I can see it hard for people to change their diet when everyone around them is making poor choices.
These are simple but compelling films about people who get in over their heads, who make poor choices consistent with their human flaws and suffer the consequences.
He won a well - deserved Emmy for playing prosecutor Christopher Darden in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, a tricky role that required him to radiate intelligence and charisma while also portraying a man who makes all kinds of poor choices.
People on the left side of the political spectrum favor targeted choice aimed at the poor, while those on the right prefer universal vouchers made available to all parents.
As O'Brien notes, a system of school choice would sever the ties between housing and education, which is a policy that could keep «many people from becoming cash - poor and wealthy — a precarious thing — in the first place.»
Because Spent offers players choices, the game seemed to indicate to some players that people are poor because poor people make bad choices.
But, if we're going to support our arguments for choice with test scores (using them to show either shortcomings in public schools or the benefits of choice), we have hitched our wagon to them and can't be surprised if people attack vouchers when poor test score results come out.
While the voucher program initially began as an experiment promoting «choice» for poor people, a family of four with an income of $ 67,050 may now receive vouchers.
She believes the move is one to make «poor people of color — and when I say color, I do mean black — that still reside in this community... so uncomfortable, to just throw you into utter chaos, that you have no choice but to flee.»
«Most people with any amount of money have school choice, but if you are in a certain zip code and you are poor, you don't have choice,» said Cobey.
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