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If you give a man a fish he can eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he can live forever. Simply put, throwing money at poor people solves no problems. If

If you give a man a fish he can eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he can live forever. Simply put, throwing money at poor people solves no problems. If anything it further entrenches the mentality of entitlement and dependency. I would actually argue it's the social services that are forcing minorities to be oppressed and under achieve in society. We need to stop blindly helping those that ask and teach them to help themselves. You can see trends of this everywhere. 1. Black Students from the eyes of a teacher. It's disheartening in a lot of places -- but his conclusion is similarly that we have given too much. http://martynemko.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-teacher-speaks-out-what-is-it.html http://martynemko.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-teacher-speaks-... 2. Africa has a huge dependency issue. And a lot of very smart African thinkers are suggesting less aid or directing the aid towards more sustainable endeavors is the long-term solution. http://www.nme.com/news/bono/32704 http://www.nme.com/news/bono/32704 http://store.whatarewedoinghere.net/What-Are-We-Doing-Here-Feature/M/B002TNXD50.htm http://store.whatarewedoinghere.net/What-Are-We-Doing-Here-F...

kenjackson 16y ago
While the quote is catchy, it's not applicable as stated. In our society, money is the fishing pole and boat. You can teach a man to fish with his bare hands in the middle of Death Valley, but that will do him little good. He'll die just as fast, if not faster. Wealth redistribution isn't an either-or question. It's really giving the man fish today, because learning to fish takes a while. And learning to fish decently requires that you have a good constition. Our biggest entitlement programs go towards largely benefiting white people (everything from freeways to police departments to the courts to the military). The Marty link was a funny one. I used to do tutoring at a "black" school. I met teachers like him, who told me the students were worthless. Two of the "worthless" students I tutored, I was able to help them get 800s on their math SATs (one went to a military academy and the other Berkeley). The problem isn't that we've given too much, but the school system is filled with Marty's who never really gave at all.

kenjackson 16y ago

While the quote is catchy, it's not applicable as stated. In our society, money is the fishing pole and boat. You can teach a man to fish with his bare hands in the middle of Death Valley, but that will do him little good. He'll die just as fast, if not faster. Wealth redistribution isn't an either-or question. It's really giving the man fish today, because learning to fish takes a while. And learning to fish decently requires that you have a good constition. Our biggest entitlement programs go towards largely benefiting white people (everything from freeways to police departments to the courts to the military). The Marty link was a funny one. I used to do tutoring at a "black" school. I met teachers like him, who told me the students were worthless. Two of the "worthless" students I tutored, I was able to help them get 800s on their math SATs (one went to a military academy and the other Berkeley). The problem isn't that we've given too much, but the school system is filled with Marty's who never really gave at all.