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>...we end up in the vicious cycle of poverty, crime, imprisonment, broken families and even more kids going through the same thing. Poverty. That's the root i
by istjohn 6y ago
>...we end up in the vicious cycle of poverty, crime, imprisonment, broken families and even more kids going through the same thing.
Poverty. That's the root issue. But it's cheaper to blame the poverty on bad additudes and poor choices rather than acknowledge the causality goes in the other direction and pony up the cash for programs to break the cycle of poverty.
- loco5niner 6y agoPoverty is the result, not the cause. Bad attitudes and poor choices lead to poverty in America, not the other way around.
- logicchains 6y agoThen home come the poor migrants from China, India, Mexico and even Africa who come to America end up doing so well?
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoNot only is that a copout and demonstrably false, but giving people money makes poverty worse, not better. It’s counterintuitive, and unfortunately proponents of hand-outs act out of emotion and (naive) intuition, not data. They often harm those they intend to help as a result.