Originally Posted by LT6916
Poverty is probably the most difficult issue to tackle by a govt. In my opinion, there will always be poverty as there will always be those who just can't get by. But for a govt to continuously give aid to those who are high-school dropouts, putting out kids at least every year, and working for minimum wage...that's not the govts fault, its the people who don't assess their financial situation and then start draining the govt budget with welfare and medicare.
Excuse me? Schools are vastly overcrowded, teachers are underpayed, and underqualified. Especially in inner citys. When a child is born to a drug addict mother who's working a minimum wage job, and can't afford food or medicine...that child grows up to be a problem! And that problem is everyone's problem! That's the child that puts a gun to your head and asks you for your wallet. Did he have a choice? Of course! Should he be punished? Of course! But instead of wasting millions to incarcerate that man, and many like him. Couldn't we spend the millions to help that mother out and prevent it from happening in the first place?