After getting heavily criticized on Twitter, Arkansas State Rep. Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) deleted a tweet in which he claimed that being poor is a personal choice, and that a homeless person can become a millionaire in 20 years by becoming a truck driver. Here is a screenshot of the now-deleted tweet that was captured prior to the tweet in question being deleted. It is inherently clear that Meeks does not understand poverty or the trucking industry. First off, being poor is not a personal choice. Some people, including me, are simply unable to find a good-paying job for any number of reason(s). I was born into a poor family, and, while I write at a grade level that is above average, I never had the right kind of intelligence to earn a college degree (remember that, while a college degree does not guarantee a good-paying job, it increases the odds of getting a good-paying job). While the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr. went from dropping out of high school to winning seven NASCAR seas...
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