> As I said, I am in favor of programs that give people opportunities, > especially in places like DC where poverty is entrenched in > communities. Ultimately, though, is it society's responsibility to > take care of people who refuse to take care of themselves?
Ah, but our idea of what "taking care of themselves" is not the same as they see it. When "gaming the system" is what they know and learn, then by doing that they *are* taking care of themselves. The trick is we have to change the system and change the underlying culture along with it. It's not easy, and that's the problem. People think there are easy solutions and there simply aren't. > is it still our > responsibility to give people handouts forever? I don't think so. Of course not, and to do so is crippling, that's obvious. But the issue is that far too many people simply want to just take away the handouts when that alone is not going to fix the underlying issues that are driving the poverty rates up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
