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I think this is what is so culturally appealing about the "Kennedy-LBJ" saga. Of course the foreign policy stuff is all horrifying, but at least rather than declaring "War on Terror" they declared a "War on Poverty."

The language of militarism is not something I want to resurrect but how did we get to this point where we (once again - judging from the Victorian literature) decide that poverty was a matter of inevitability and moral failings? Why is it acceptable that some people are homeless and others live in government homes with leaking roofs and no money for heating?

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 10:37:07 AM EST

how did we get to this point where we (once again - judging from the Victorian literature) decide that poverty was a matter of inevitability and moral failings?

Because it makes it possible to claim that having more money is a sign of moral (and any other kind of) superiority.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 06:01:52 PM EST
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yup, i was listening to the latest bill moyers podcast about the middle class squeeze, and hearing about work conditions in china.

dickensian was the word that kept forming in my mind...

it's called 'lifting them out of poverty' cuz the alternatives obviously suck more.

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 05:14:27 PM EST
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