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The problem with a new “war on poverty”

It is very difficult to teach poor people the skills and attitudes they would need to rise into the middle class when there may not be a middle class left for them to rise into.

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This entry was posted on January 16, 2014 at 10:15 am and is filed under Society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “The problem with a new “war on poverty””

  1. whungerford Says:
    January 22, 2014 at 7:26 pm | Reply

    Education alone isn’t an answer. As long as high unemployment and low income jobs remain, someone will work at them. Society must act to raise family income by one means or another. One idea is to pay parents, male or female, a wage for childcare regardless of other income..

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