> I guess you missed the part of the article where it explained that the largest group of poor people are children. Do you think they made poor financial choice

> I guess you missed the part of the article where it explained that the largest group of poor people are children. Do you think they made poor financial choices? And you also missed "Rates of intergenerational income mobility are, in fact, higher in France, Spain, Germany, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and other countries in the world than they are here in the United States." Are you suggesting that I am not acknowledging bad-luck (the sole reason for childhood poverty) as a factor? Because, I do. As to Germany, Japan, etc. there are many reasons why those countries are better off. "Germany does this, their poverty is lower, so America should do this," isn't a valid argument for anything. > Blaming them isn't one of them. Blaming them (i.e. chiding them) doesn't serve any purpose. But helping them modify behavior, educating them, etc. does. The Government should acknowledge this.