> But those are not choices guaranteed for poverty Your encoded is assumption is that not only did they make these choices but that they were successful in cho

> But those are not choices guaranteed for poverty Your encoded is assumption is that not only did they make these choices but that they were successful in choosing them. You're also missing the most obvious way people make this choice: Having a child. Which, is not always a _predictable_ addition to life. Everyone is acting like I've got some "anti welfare queen" bias here, when in reality I have an "anti bleeding heart" bias here. We should solve the problems. To do so, we should first be /honest/ about what those problems actually are.