Why poverty in Eden?
The economy is roaring along. Thanks to Trump and his use of Capitalism's tenets we are truly the wealthiest nation in the world. Is it not obscene that there are places in , let's say New York ,that make Soweto look like Beverly Hills. We have had ineffectual poverty programs and still there is a desolation that seems to be tolerable because of some unspoken conviction of futility. "The poor will always be with us," but nobody uses such words any longer. They use code words instead, such as 'structural' and 'behavioral' as long as the middle class is doing fine.Not one penny should be spent on foreign aid until those who live in say, East New York are made to have the opportunity to get education and training without fear of retribution.
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You are the reason the left shuts down all communications with the sane part of the country.
Providing answers to your questions would cause them a fatal stroke or heart attack. It is all self defense.
"Why those programs are effective ..." Yep, they are really working. Not more than an hour ago I waited in line at the grocery store while a 20-something wearing designer clothes, at least $1000 of tatoos, coif and nails obviously professionally done was getting the food stamp card to swipe.
But you can't make 'em drink.
It is good to hear from you.
Foreign aid is just a kickback machine for the looters. Donate materials and commodities if we feel it is in our countries interest to assist. Help engineer and build infrastructure. It’s hard to steal part of a dam or pier or highway and deposit it in an Elmer Fudd Acct.
Ineffective poverty programs?
Why those programs are effective ......poverty is thriving where those programs are targeting.
How about wealth programs for the poor.
Get rid of the victim mentality and adopt a victor mentality.
Incentives motivate. Scrap public education administrators and start from scratch. Pay the teachers and admin on results. Individual results. Not some subjective measurement. Make intelligence a “cool” trait. Encourage the individual.
Promote an ethical self interest. Make America Great Again.
PS...IN THE MEME TIME...just posted...have a laugh on me.
Related: from the Imprimus link I posted,Rediscovering the Wisdom in American History.
"We are creatures with free wills and aspirations, not merely tumbleweeds at the mercy of large historical forces. Hope is a quality of soul, something that’s not quantifiable or explicable in strictly material terms. It is a consistent characteristic of this country that we have always sought to rise above or move beyond the conditions that are given to us at birth—something not true of every people. To be an American is to believe that the status we are born into is never the final word. We have a spirit of striving, a spirit of hope that goes back to our very beginnings"
The old saying also applies, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink"