How does my attitude necessitate that? Having a true opinion of why things are the way they are doesn’t necessitate a particular action. Also, Jesus said the poor you will always have with you. That seems to me to be saying you can’t ‘end poverty’.If everyone had this attitude toward the poor, one things for certain, they would all die from starvation and we would no-longer have a poverty problem. Problem solved.
That may be true. But then you seem to be implying that circumstances can make people turn out a certain way. You are implying the poor are untrustworthy and dangerous because their circumstances make them so.What if some if not many of the poor didn’t know/learn better or have issues due to their tough and difficult background and roots like growing up in a dysfunctional or broken home, or not going to the right school, or living in a desolate community?
Living in an RV or in a van versus living in a stick & brick abode.Perhaps @MonteRCMS, was simply trying to show the working conditions at Amazon? The woman in the thumbnail looks rather old though, jobs like migrant workers seem to be a better fit for the younger and more robust, and ideally, the older and more frail can be taken care of or have opportunities for lighter work.
The poor will always be with us because people don’t see a duty to help the poor be anything but that. And i don’t remember Jesus saying, “please brother close your wallet, don’t bother helping the poor because it’s their fault”. looool!How does my attitude necessitate that? Having a true opinion of why things are the way they are doesn’t necessitate a particular action. Also, Jesus said the poor you will always have with you.
Jesus knew that we wouldn’t, because that’s how it played out. It’s got nothing to do with the possibility of changing; it’s because we didn’t change it. But God will bless those who tried, and he will bless and remember any authority who intervened on their behave.That seems to me to be saying you can’t ‘end poverty’.
I don’t see that. I see tremendous help for poor people. Poor people can get any help they need in the US.The poor will always be with us because people don’t see a duty to help the poor be anything but that.
Of course. I’m talking more in terms of eliminating poverty and the fact of being poor, full stop. If someones breaking their backs just to hover above the poverty line, while there are millionaires complaining about tax, that to me doesn’t speak well of the society in which it occurs. There is something wrong with that society unless it’s something that can’t be helped. I guess we disagree on whether poverty exists because not enough good is done or because it can’t be helped.I don’t see that. I see tremendous help for poor people.
It’s necessary, so what is there to complain about if you are a charitable person to begin with?Why shouldn’t millionaires complain about taxes?
Nobody does.Do you give all your money to the state?
So you are saying that it is intrinsically evil to tax people?Taxes aren’t charity. They are taking money by force.
Maybe not “intrinsically evil” but certainly quite suspect. St. Matthew was not looked up highly do to his previous profession as a tax collector.So you are saying that it is intrinsically evil to tax people?
I definitely agree that the middle class is being squeezed. The middle class in America is dying. I just don’t think more government is the solution. I think government has made the problem.One issue I have is how the working class have to deal with the so called “middle class squeeze” where they struggle to make rent/mortagages and even if they do, they have little room for savings which makes them precarious to personal crises and limits their opportunity for a future such as being able to retire or helping support the higher education of their children (thus ensuring their economic future).
Education.I don’t see that. I see tremendous help for poor people. Poor people can get any help they need in the US.
Excuses, excuses, excuses.From much of what I’ve read, the mere fact that someone attends school doesn’t always say a whole lot about the education available. Things like class size and the availability of assistance to those who need it are critical. Plus honestly, I don’t know anyone who just automatically paid attention has a kid; that’s why we have adults in school to monitor them. If there aren’t enough adults there to make kids do their work, they’re not going to do it. It’s not like we can suddenly expect children to be mini adults simply because they’re poor.
Yes.Do you think backtracking (like shrinking the size and scope of government) would help ideally both the working and middle classes as well as the poor and disadvantaged? There does seem to be a need for a social institution to help those who aren’t fortunate, like those born in dysfunctional families or broken homes, or even others who appear to be in a difficult situation (like disabilities or other crises in life), there are people in need.