I was born into poverty, I made poor choices as a young adult and spent a little time "put away". Then I had a kid and decided I wasn't going to raise them in that world. Being a high school drop out I had limited options, but I kept at it. Working where I could, building up my job skills and continuing to try and find better employment. I'm happy to say that while I'm by no means a rich man I do make close to 100k a year and nobody handed me a thing, it took about 10 straight years of hard work. People don't need the world to change for them, they need to change for the world. If I could do it so could they.