Originally Posted by
boozehound
I agree with a good portion of this, but I don't think the bolded part is necessarily accurate. Wealth begets wealth in this Country to a pretty high degree. We elected the poster child for this to be our President. It's not just true for the ultra wealthy either. Those kids may not make great grades in College but they generally graduate and go on to be successful (at least financially).
I agree with you about how Social programs should be administered (mostly), however I do think we also have to recognize that people have dramatically different chances of success depending on their upbringing. For example the poor are much less likely to have 2 parent households (which I think is very important) and they don't learn how to manage money, speak proper English, etc. like the middle class and above do. We need to change that culture somehow if we want to help more people get out of poverty. I'm not exactly sure how, though. There is obviously a certain percentage of people who are going to be poor because they are either lazy or not equipped mentally to participate in the economy in a way that will earn them a decent income as well.
