Notice that as all people who speak of poverty, she classes people into two groups. Those above the poverty line and those below. The problem with looking at it that way is that it's much easier to raise the people who are just below the line 'out of poverty' than it is the people further from it...
@sc0pl355 Not necessarily true. Suppose you're going for a job against 3 other people and by chance it turns out you're all equally competent. The person who gets the job will be the one who sells himself short, as you say. However, that person will have a job, compared to the other three who won...
@mightyafrowhitey That's fine. But if a parent disagrees with what that teacher is doing then the parent should have the same freedom to take their children away from that teacher. In fact, that's what the whole free school movement in the UK is about. Teachers are free to teach what they want, p...
@louiethegreater But that (80% of wealth going to 1% of people) came about under a system that is supposedly designed to redistribute wealth. Have you not noticed how the more government tries to redistribute, the worse things get for the poor?
Notice that as all people who speak of poverty, she classes people into two groups. Those above the poverty line and those below. The problem with looking at it that way is that it's much easier to raise the people who are just below the line 'out of poverty' than it is the people further from it...