OT: The Dole Brings Out the Worst in People (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, August 13, 2011, 23:03 (4851 days ago) @ David Turell

We have no control over what each generation does. The only thing you can do is to try and pave the way, and point. The goal (in my mind) is to ensure that the opportunity is there.
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> The key is parental love and interest in the kids. This article from the wsj ends with just that conclusion.
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> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903918104576502850126890100.html?KEYWORDS... again, you sidestep the reality that had my mother not received $300/month to feed me, there would have been no money for the encyclopedias that began my journey. -Horatio Alger--is a myth. An ideal. Something to ascribe to, that never existed. -I fully agree that parents have a heavy hand in how their kids start out. My problem, is ensuring that parents (with the right mindset) have the means with which to ensure their children at least have a fighting chance. Under the old Adam Smith model, this would be explicitly left to people willing to beg to those in power

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