While there is no way to insure that you will be rich, there are several ways to insure that you will be poor.
For starters, ~12% of Americans live below the poverty line.
This increases to ~25% if you are a high school dropout & then never get a GED.
The rate increases to ~20% if you never get &/or don't stay married.
For women, if they have children out of wedlock, the poverty rate becomes ~30%.
Convicted felons have a poverty rate of ~75%.
The poverty rate for alcoholics, drug addicts, &/or compulsive gamblers ranges from ~15% to ~60% depending upon which study you choose to cite.
Obviously if you fall into more than 1 of the above categories you will only increase your chances of being poor.
While there is no way to insure that you will be rich, there are several ways to insure that you will be poor.
For starters, ~12% of Americans live below the poverty line.
This increases to ~25% if you are a high school dropout & then never get a GED.
The rate increases to ~20% if you never get &/or don't stay married.
For women, if they have children out of wedlock, the poverty rate becomes ~30%.
Convicted felons have a poverty rate of ~75%.
The poverty rate for alcoholics, drug addicts, &/or compulsive gamblers ranges from ~15% to ~60% depending upon which study you choose to cite.
Obviously if you fall into more than 1 of the above categories you will only increase your chances of being poor.