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Orlando Enrique Fiol

wrote:
>Support them but also help educate them so they can
>achieve a better paying job.

Educate them how exactly? By overcrowding schools even more than they
currently are? By hiring more inexperienced underqualified teachers and
paying them less? By insisting on abstinence only prerequisites for
federal funding when that propaganda clearly doesn't prevent sexual
activity? How exactly do you plan to educate poor people more? You know
that it's going to cost more, right?

>Just throwing money at the problem won't
>fix it.

Funny, throwing water at thirsty people tends to fix their thirst.
Throwing air conditioning at hot people makes them sweat less. It would
stand to reason that giving the poor more money would alleviate some
poverty.

>I feel that _employing_ them is a better answer. Have them do something
>for the money they get from the govt.

Will you watch their kids while they're out earning their keep? Will you
drive them to and from job sites because they can't afford vehicles of
their own?

Orlando