#21: It Takes Money to Make Money
Paying for college, starting a business, investing in real estate: a lot of the usual ways that we think of when it comes to making money are things that require money upfront. This means that for someone who comes from poverty, it can be hard to get onto that first rung of the ladder.
As I said before, the reasons that people are poor or struggling are vast and varied, and often have a great deal to do with the person’s circumstances. When it comes to finances, we have to be informed and educated and know how to handle money, but there are also a lot of things that are out of our control.