Originally Posted by Sly

Since none of that is even close to being true, I don't see what that has to do with anything. Your scenario could be applied to pretty much any situation even.

A lot of people work jobs that totally do not match their talents for all sorts of reasons. Location, benefits, family duties. Babies are aborted every day, one could be the next Isaac Newton. Similar argument. Not to mention, a lot of the greatest inventors and scientists did work shit jobs and hours like that and still came out on top.

I'm not arguing that people should remain poor, it's against the best interests of the country and it's simply wrong. But your argument is pretty thin.