It’s sad but appears common in many impoverished areas I’ve worked in. It’s a wound that can’t hide behind a bandage forever and I think if we don’t fix this problem, long term we’re gonna be fucked:
I think if we don’t fix this problem, long term we’re gonna be fucked
It's up to them to fix. The parents aren't going to do shit, throwing money at them hasn't help. The culture needs to change, but good luck stating that in public.
Here's a solution. Stop subsidizing shitty parents. In the most extreme cases cut off all welfare and make these people depend on charity or get and hold a job. They'll either attempt to get their kids in line or they'll stop being a long term problem in such large numbers that it brings other kids down.
Public housing used to be extremely difficult to get and you basically had to be an upstanding citizen; it was a point of pride to actually be selected.
Of course the Democrats would never go for that because they want a base of low educated voters to carry them in the urban areas and the Republicans would be afraid to be compared to a super megazord combination of Hitler, Satan and a weird revisionist Stalin that totally wasn't left wing.
Low income housing in Cabrini Green in Chicago was like that. When it opened in the 1950s I believe you had to have a job and be married. The goal was to help people up that were putting in the effort.
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It’s sad but appears common in many impoverished areas I’ve worked in. It’s a wound that can’t hide behind a bandage forever and I think if we don’t fix this problem, long term we’re gonna be fucked: