I wonder how the solutions for the poor have played out in history? Apparently we have always had the poor with us and various attempts have been made to solve people from going hungry. England had passed poor laws and then we broke from England, and the states picked up the problem with their poor farms. No one seems to have found a solution except to add a morality to the problem: if they don't work they don't eat. That certainly relieved some guilt but didn't answer the question of "no work available".
FDR attempted to solve that problem with making work available by rebuilding parts of America.
Anyone have a better solution? We can sort of count on the poor always being with us.
This is true, there will always be the poor, and that's something you can never fix. However there are ways to reduce poverty, and those ways all depend on where you live and what your opportunities are.
America is the land of opportunity. That's why we have (what some estimate) 20 million illegals here, and those are not counting people from other countries who are here legally. One of the main reasons for coming here is because we have opportunity that their countries don't.
I believe it was George Soros who said if you were born in the US, you already started on second base. It's one of his few beliefs I agree with.
So the way to address poverty is to ask questions and provide answers:
What is poverty?
Poverty is the situation of not having enough (or no) money.
What causes poverty?
Poverty is caused by not bringing home a paycheck, spending money you don't have, living beyond your means, staying on social programs, having children you can't afford to raise, borrowing money you don't absolutely have to have, or possibly addiction problems.
So what is the solution to poverty?
The solution to poverty is money.
How does one obtain this money?
Getting a job, and not restricting yourself to just 40 hours a week. If you are younger, work as many hours as you can, save every dime you can, and that's the first step out of poverty.
