1. Subsidization is a thing so I dont think that is a common occurence

2. Most companys who have workers that drive long distances or long commutes offer to pay for there gas out of there wages

3. Even for someone with low income (This isnt much to do with gas obviously) But they still have the opportunity to become more wealthy

Gas is always going to be cheaper somewhere

No gas station can charge purely high prices without another gas station having lower prices and ect

Subsidization offers have also increased in the Gas industry

The idea that a person can not afford to buy gas and that there is not some form of competition is not practical

I have family that have jobs and they have to drive far their job offers gas cards and sometimes even a car to drive to and from work

The idea that someone can not rise in america in any economic fashion isnt practical

Workers in the trucking industry commonly are given gas cards

Much more common actually)

Not to mention people who are low in income dont travel large commutes

They usually work in minimum wage jobs in there towns

I.E. Restraunts

So gas isnt a large issue in the average minimum wage worker unless there travelling long distance (which is plain stupid and non-practical)

plus gas has been really low in texas these past years

It used to be 2$+

its been 1$+

Any minimum wage worker can afford gas for there commute

god i love texas

i understand what you are saying and i probably could have chosen a better hypothetical but to rise in america the most common thing you have to do is exploit the working class which is what a lot of the people who are extremely wealthy do of course you can rise in america but you have to start off in a good situation where you are living comfortably and people in poverty of course arent so the chances of them being able to be wealthy is extremly low

Lots of competition in texas lower prices, capitalism 🙂

Can you explain how someone like myself who was in the lower class

is now moderately wealthy without exploiting anyone?

Aswell as a few of my friends

Or my parents

Who are both also wealthy now

Without owning a business

Without having any previous wealth

And how are workers being exploited?

like i said before its not impossible its just not that everyone is able to to do it you for example could but that doesnt mean everyone can

By getting a wage?

Who cant?

hey guys

There was a teacher who was living paycheck by paycheck

i’m stripping the color from my hair then dying it brown

And by his 30s he had enough money to retire by making smart money decisions and investing

A minimum wage history teacher

Became a millionaire

The people I see who have no way of rising in america are those who land them selves on the streets then refuse to try and better themselves

No one is holding anyone back