I loved it when Dr. Woodson said something that needs to be said repeatedly.
And he said it with the proper critical nuance: "Poor People" DO NOT ALL FALL INTO THE SAME BASKET. (For that matter, NO group of millions of people fall neatly into one basket.) This is something the right, the left, AND the center keep missing--or so it seems.
Yes. SOME people are just broke. They lost a job, a breadwinner, or whatever. They find themselves in a terrible spot. They're competent. Willing to do whatever they gotta do. For them, welfare is clearly an emergency ambulance service and not a public transportation system.
Now for some, getting out of this mess is easier than others. But THIS subgroup is a far cry from those who were born into a revolving environment of perverse incentives.
Nevertheless, I do have a complaint, Dr. Woodson (if you're out there somewhere): We need percentages, sir. You say there are four different categories of urban poverty, as it were? Okay. Well then, how does that pie split? Has that split changed over the years/decades?
Exactly where are we today? Does political party really matter in your field? It seems to me this is about serious people versus unserious people. Not Dem v GOP. Yes? No?
I loved it when Dr. Woodson said something that needs to be said repeatedly.
And he said it with the proper critical nuance: "Poor People" DO NOT ALL FALL INTO THE SAME BASKET. (For that matter, NO group of millions of people fall neatly into one basket.) This is something the right, the left, AND the center keep missing--or so it seems.
Yes. SOME people are just broke. They lost a job, a breadwinner, or whatever. They find themselves in a terrible spot. They're competent. Willing to do whatever they gotta do. For them, welfare is clearly an emergency ambulance service and not a public transportation system.
Now for some, getting out of this mess is easier than others. But THIS subgroup is a far cry from those who were born into a revolving environment of perverse incentives.
Nevertheless, I do have a complaint, Dr. Woodson (if you're out there somewhere): We need percentages, sir. You say there are four different categories of urban poverty, as it were? Okay. Well then, how does that pie split? Has that split changed over the years/decades?
Exactly where are we today? Does political party really matter in your field? It seems to me this is about serious people versus unserious people. Not Dem v GOP. Yes? No?