Some people, some places, can invest in skills and gain opportunities to work themselves out of poverty.

I was very impressed with a young man I met once who lived in public housing, on welfare, caring for his heavily-medicated wife, their two young children, and his retarded younger brother.

The system tried very hard to prevent Pauly from bettering himself - effective tax rate on ~70% on any paid work he did.

So he started learning bicycle repair from YouTube and started his own bicycle repair business, cash in hand, rather than be helplessly dependent.

He didn't make a lot, it was against the terms and conditions of public housing, and society denounces such entrepreneurs in adversity as "welfare cheats", but I regard him as a working-class hero.

#Bitcoin is for these people.