Dan Triplett wrote:
MS>  DT> But I think that the idea of people wanting to perpetuate an
MS>  DT> underclass
MS>  DT> is probably true.  We live in a country where we pay sport heros
MS>  DT> millions a year, where a man in Seattle Washington just bought a car
MS>  DT> for
MS>  DT> half-a-million bucks and yet around our great country there are
MS>  DT> thousands of children literally starving for lack of food.
Matt Smith replied:
MS>      So what?
MS>      Does that sports hero getting paid millions "want" or "benefit" from
MS>  the perpetuation of an underclass you say someone wants?  _Who_ benefits
MS>  from the perpetuation of a transgenerational underclass that will not be
MS>  underpaid, underemployed workers...but only a drain on social services?
MS>  (Hardly the rich, though it creates jobs for social workers.)
MS>      A transgenerational underclass composed of people who are rarely
MS>  employed, often on welfare, and often in jail hardly benefits employers.
MS>  Its existence does not benefit the middle class that pays most of the
MS>  welfare and jail bill.
Just a gentle reminder to ALL echo participants, that society's ills,
politics and similar topics are generally considered off-topic in this
discussion forum.
Sheila King
Moderator, EDUCATOR
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cking@cyberg8t.com
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