THE WAR ON POVERTY AT 50

[Geee]

American Spectator:

With the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty at hand, the New York Times undertook a guided tour of the vast and murky battlefield, offering a surprising -- for the Times -- admission. To wit, poverty isn't just about what the government does, or doesn't do, for poor people. It's about, in part, how poor people live, voluntarily or otherwise.

 

The Times didn't make a big deal about what it called "sociological trends (that) help explain why so many children and adults remain poor, even putting the effects of the recession aside." That the story so much as acknowledged the impoverishing effects of family breakdown is the really big deal, given the broad commitment of American liberals to the notion of job-training, better education, minimum-wage hikes and so on as the keys to overthrowing "inequality."

 

"More parents," the Times story notes, "are raising a child alone, with more infants born out of wedlock. High incarceration rates, especially among black men, keep many families apart. About 30 percent of single mothers live in poverty."

 

So what? So everything -- razor-sharp and hard to grasp as the question may be to grasp. If the poor are always with us, never in modern times has the culture afforded them so few props and protections as those available today. The Times has brilliant company in asking readers to think about the consequences of letting -- or encouraging -- the culture to fall apart.

[NCTexan]

 

President Obama will designate troubled neighborhoods in five cities and areas as "Promise Zones," eligible for tax breaks and other forms of assistance designed to create jobs and improve education, housing, and public safety.

 

Now I really do believe this promise from The Zero...

 

"If you like your poverty... you can keep it!"

[Valin]

 

President Obama will designate troubled neighborhoods in five cities and areas as "Promise Zones," eligible for tax breaks and other forms of assistance designed to create jobs and improve education, housing, and public safety.

Now I really do believe this promise from The Zero...

 

"If you like your poverty... you can keep it!"

 

How many times has he promised that he was going to focus on (insert subject here) like a laser beam on this?

Fool me once shame on you,

Foll me twice, shame on me.

[NCTexan]

 

 

President Obama will designate troubled neighborhoods in five cities and areas as "Promise Zones," eligible for tax breaks and other forms of assistance designed to create jobs and improve education, housing, and public safety.

Now I really do believe this promise from The Zero...

 

"If you like your poverty... you can keep it!"

 

How many times has he promised that he was going to focus on (insert subject here) like a laser beam on this?

Fool me once shame on you,

Foll me twice, shame on me.

 

 

Like the Great RushLimbaugh says about Obama....

 

Words... words... words....

 

(Their meaning, substance, and value disappear into the ether as soon as they are spoken...)

[Valin]

@NCTexan

 

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

[NCTexan]

@NCTexan

 

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

 

"When I use a word" Humpty Obama said, in rather a scornful tone, "I can decide later on if I actually said it."

 

[Valin]

 

@NCTexan

 

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to meanneither more nor less."

"When I use a word" the Zero said, in rather a scornful tone, "I can decide later on if I actually said it."

 

And why if you don't believe me you're a ......wait for it......racist