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Originally Posted by armor99
We started talking about poverty in america, and what should be done about it. So I asked if he believed it was possible to eliminate poverty entirely in the US. As in... no one here is poor anymore.
He steadfastly believes that eliminating poverty IS in fact possible, and should be a goal. According to him we are a prosperous enough nation that NO ONE should be living in poverty in the US. He also had a really hard time defining what poverty was, because he insisted it has nothing to do with money, but just having “enough” (whatever that means). ...
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How about this:
(1) Food
(2) Shelter
(3) Medical care
(4) Opportunity
I don't think that anyone in this country should be hungry or cold or have to worry about not having basic medical care. Furthermore I think that everyone should have opportunity to "improve themselves" through for example equal access to quality K-12 education.
I don't put these things in the same category as life, liberty and property and believe that society is "required" to provide them (and more) as some of my more liberal friends do. But I do think that a just society would choose to provide them to its more disadvantaged members through the democratic process.
For the most part I think that the US does a fair job of this but we could do better.
MB
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