Why the Poor are Mostly Deserving of their Fate
Duncan Frissell
frissell at panix.com
Sat May 18 07:02:06 PDT 1996
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
2) get married
3) get any job
Only about 2 tenths of 1% of those who satisfy those three requirements
incomes below the official poverty line.
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.
I try and keep in mind that 80-90% of the "take" in government
programs for the "poor" goes to unpoor government employees.
DCF
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