Before you ridicule someone else, you ought to do some study:
The correlation between level of education and economic success is dramatic. Now, go to your own state No Child Left Behind website and see which children are falling behind educationally.
It was a long term position.Once
Wow. Thanks for proving the point.
This correlation does not prove that education is the cause of poverty. It only shows that income is currently distributed through education. In other words, it cannot tell us whether if everyone had perfect education, we would suddenly see equal incomes. In fact, chances are, there would be some other indicator of how incomes are distributed.
I am not a fan of our public school system either, but the enduring problem of poverty has very little to do with whether or not children learn not to discriminate against homosexuals.
Don’t stress about it. It’s the Republican Answers Forum, and you should expect political conservative answers, but outside of this forum, there are many, many catholics who are very concerned about the wealth gap in this country, including Father Corapi, who spoke about the wealth gap in one of his lectures. So, if this is something you are concerned about, you will not have a hard time finding catholic organizations to get involved with.
And these employers are?
. In other words, it cannot tell us whether if everyone had perfect education, we would suddenly see equal incomes. In fact, chances are, there would be some other indicator of how incomes are distributed.
Read what you just wrote – aloud – and tell me if it sounds strange to you.
“We would suddenly see equal incomes?” What on earth put that idea into your head?
To some people, “social justice” doesn’t mean we do anything to help. It means we stand around and point the finger at someone** else** – like the Pharasee in the parable.
As opposed to a Liberal democrat forum? Do we really want to break down the party agenda for each and compare them to Catholic teachings? Last I checked the Republican party was still against abortion and support LESS government involvment in our private lives. Look, all I am saying is that each person has a choice and if they choose to get out of poverty they can, I am not against giving someone a helping hand to get started in the right direction.
I’m expecting full time work for a full time wage, naturally.
It would be an interesting exercise to go through this thread and sort the participants into Liberals and Conservatives, then have some one else sort them into “People who offer solutions we can apply” and “people who want someone else to do the work and pay the costs.”
And nominally Catholic.
Is it your opinion, then that ministering to the parish, saying mass, teaching children and so on is wortheless?
The latter being a concept wholeheartedly endorsed by none other than Bishop Fulton Sheen (that great, well educated Irishman).
A worker who can read and write and do basic math may well be stuck in a low paying job. Heck, many people with college degrees can’t get anything better than making lattes at Starbucks.
The percentage of people who actually do go on to college or professional level studies is relatively small compared to the overall population. And, in a certain sense, the system is designed to be that way. Perhaps if more people had masters degrees, wages would level out and come down for those with masters degrees. But maybe not. For what is ultimately at play is a certain struggle of the classes. Rich people need poor people in order to stay rich. There’s even a self limiting factor. How many medical schools are there and how many people who WANT to study to be a physician can’t get in due to competition, for instance? If everyone were a doctor would the “value” of doctors be so high or would they have to find other jobs to supplement their income?
Alas, someone on this thread who actually ‘gets it’!