tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post3340898447779863076..comments2023-12-19T07:29:42.437-06:00Comments on Dedicated Tenther: Simple Truth: Frugality fosters wealth, wealth does not foster frugalityDedicated Tentherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02169003228002700000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-77406880025097027522012-01-26T16:17:49.966-06:002012-01-26T16:17:49.966-06:00I honestly do not understand why someone would bel...I honestly do not understand why someone would believe that changing one's environment would necessarily (or even just "probably") change one's character.<br /><br />As they say, "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the Country out of the boy." This is not a new idea.Dedicated Tentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169003228002700000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-81093399395284030362012-01-26T15:19:14.893-06:002012-01-26T15:19:14.893-06:00This concept has long been a bone of contention be...This concept has long been a bone of contention between psychologists and sociologists.<br /><br />A sociologist believes that if you change a person's environment for the better, you will change that person for the better.<br /><br />A psychologist believes that if you change a person for the better, that person will improve their own environment/situation.<br /><br />As government programs to move 'disadvantaged' persons from inner-city hellholes into middle/upper income areas have shown over and over again, for the vast majority of people the contention of the sociologists are wrongheaded at best, and actively destructive for everyone involved at worst.BrendaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-44499921029290940602012-01-25T16:54:00.321-06:002012-01-25T16:54:00.321-06:00It's annoying how our culture has steadily got...It's annoying how our culture has steadily gotten worse on this. People don't save, and their government doesn't have a budget, and one of the emerging themes from the left (And some republicans!) is how e need a bailout from creditors, such as mortgages (for those who didn't pay, of course... not those who do).<br /><br />It's perverse and everyone knows it is short sighted.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590811467601049788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-35434194905198648852012-01-23T21:07:45.158-06:002012-01-23T21:07:45.158-06:00Just joined up though I have been reading your blo...Just joined up though I have been reading your blog, very good. You would know me as rightlysouthern on AoSHQ or maybe not, don`t comment that much. I put this picture up because I love Nieces to pieces, and they were having a grand old time down at a new pond we had just dug and stocked. Keep the faith tenther, I will.rightlysouthernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-35358807162228503132012-01-23T13:48:15.303-06:002012-01-23T13:48:15.303-06:00Yes, yes, yes, yes! Excellent article.Yes, yes, yes, yes! Excellent article.BrendaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630noreply@blogger.com