https://www.commondreams.org/poverty-not-individual-failure
"I’ve worked with many economically struggling people, and I can tell you that
not one person I’ve ever met wants to be poor, sick, disabled, struggling, or
on the receiving end of public assistance programs.
If my decades of work as a social worker taught me one great lesson, it’s this.
Poverty is an entrenched system of political choices by self-serving lawmakers,
not a personal failing of ordinary people. Poverty is not, and never has been,
a crime.
I’ve worked with many economically struggling people. I grew up in meager
circumstances myself and well remember the stigma and shame of having to do
without.
And this I can tell you: Not one person I’ve ever met wants to be poor, sick,
disabled, struggling, or on the receiving end of public assistance programs.
These programs are vital but often inadequate and difficult to access.
I’m disgusted when I hear conservative politicians falling over themselves to
cut food, health, housing, and disability services for people who are trying to
survive in low-wage jobs."
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
