Re:California has the highest poverty rate in the USA
by gnarbarian on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:18PM
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if you provide someone every means of helping themselves and they still die I wouldn't feel guilty about it. Take their kids away though.
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Re:California has the highest poverty rate in the USA
by simplemath__ on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:26PM
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Is poverty a moral failing?
Re:California has the highest poverty rate in the USA
by gnarbarian on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:34PM
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>Is poverty a moral failing?
At what cost?
Minimization of poverty is important but I don't believe it can ever be totally eliminated. You and I just have different fundamental beliefs about human nature and motivation.
If the OP is right (and I think he is), the more safety nets and welfare programs there are the more poverty. This is because they have a learned helplessness and are subject to fiscal cliffs preventing them from escaping poverty.
in other words: Poverty ought to be minimized. Therefore, if giving people free shit increases poverty, we shouldn't do it.