On Sep 15, 11:19*pm, Orlando Enrique Fiol > wrote:
> 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

Frankly, if I ruled the world, I'd neuter and spay them, and any that
proved
to be ineducable would find work sorting recyclables and similar dirty
jobs. Their children would be turned over to someone competent to
raise them.

However, in the real world, that's not an option. It's a thorny
problem, because
it's difficult to educate people who don't value education. That is a
problem at
more than one socioeconomic level.

Cindy Hamilton