An Essay On Poverty And Welfare
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Essay on Poverty and Welfare
Today it seems as if everyone has a theory about fighting poverty, now it is not necessary
to be moving in the theoretical plane. Our country has had successful anti-poverty
programs that were effective back a century ago, effective because they were based
on these seven points: affiliation, bonding, categorization, discernment, employment,
freedom, and God. But a key element in all of them is personal involvement and
challenge, both material and spiritual.
If folks a hundred years ago could help others to move out of poverty,
and then turn their attention to the next group of immigrants and impoverished, why
can't we? Did they have more time than we do? No, even though we feel stressed, their
work days on the...