Thank you Paul Krugman: That conservatives seem fixated on the notion that poverty is basically the result of character problems among the poor. This may once have had a grain of truth to it, but for the past three decades and more the main obstacle facing the poor has been the lack of jobs paying decent wages. How are children of the poor, or even the working class, … [Read more...] about The Undeserving Rich
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Santa Cruz and It’s Homeless – Attack Poverty, Not The Poor
[pullquote align="right"]"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring." - Martin Luther King Jr.[/pullquote] In recent months, it has sometimes been suggested that compassion is inviting problems into our community, that if only we were meaner and … [Read more...] about Santa Cruz and It’s Homeless – Attack Poverty, Not The Poor