jpinMilwaukee wrote:
There have been programs to help the poor for years... where has it gotten us?
Was there supposed to be some evidence that these programs have not worked in your post? I tell you where it has gotten me.
When my mother left my father for a time shee needed food stamps to feed us. We were on WIC and food stamps for about a year. Without this program my mother and her two children would have not been able to afford housing. Without housing - she probably would not have been able to have the time to get back on her feet - get a head a bit - finish up her college degree and so on.
Where it has gotten my family is here:
1) My mother went on to get her graduate degree and helped found a shelter for battered women where they have helped over 1,800 people stay safe.
2) I got 4 college degrees and teach philosophy at a college. I have one child and one on the way.
3) My brother got a degree and is a great salesmen and has 4 daughters.
Where have these programs gotten us - well when they work - and are not abused - I think they have gotten so many Americans back on thier feet you cannot begin to count.
TTF