On Sat, 18 May 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:
It was understandable to be poor when all the world was poor. It is understandable to be poor in those nations today that make the accumulation of wealth a crime for most people. It is not understandable to be poor (for long) in the US where one can reliably get out of poverty simply by doing three simple things:
1) get a high school diploma
EVERYONE GETS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA --> HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS BECOME WORTHLESS EVERYONE GETS A PHD --> PHDS BECOME WORTHLESS
2) get married
EVERYONE GETS MARRIED --> MARRIAGE BECOMES SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT
3) get any job
EVERYONE GETS A JOB --> EVERYONE TAKES THE PAYCUT
Only about 2 tenths of 1% of those who satisfy those three requirements incomes below the official poverty line.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE TENS OF MILLIONS IN APPALACHIA WHO GRADUATED MARRIED AND WORK IN POVERTY
Like most libertarians, I dislike the government. I don't care what a person's income is. When I was self-supporting on an income of $200 a month in 1979, I was below the poverty level for a single person myself. I am not enamored of the rich or poor members of the dependendant classes of course.
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WRONG ITS BRAIN IS BUSINESS
I try and keep in mind that 80-90% of the "take" in government programs for the "poor" goes to unpoor government employees.
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WRONG ITS BRAIN IS BUSINESS
DCF
I've done all these things - and rather more in the way of education. But while I don't fall on or near the poverty line, I'm still poor as a church mouse. What am I doing wrong?
YOUR WHITE LIKE THE 100000000S SUFFERING IN POVERTY IN THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE
Sean Gabb.