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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (357779)	11/9/2007 5:13:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573988

"Not Germany, curiously, but that may have been a fluke." The ones I've seen just stood around passively with their hand out. But I didn't spend much time in the larger cities. Could be different there. "Meanwhile no one has yet to invent the perfect society where poverty has been eliminated." No, but we at one point had virtually eliminated homelessness. At least for people with children. That has changed.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (357779)	11/9/2007 5:27:50 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1573988

Even the richest people in America have but a small fraction of the resources necessary to combat it. Meanwhile no one has yet to invent the perfect society where poverty has been eliminated. And of course that doesn't mean you throw up your hands and give up. You work hard to make incremental progress. Don't let the 'perfect society' be the enemy of the 'better society'.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (357779)	11/10/2007 1:58:10 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573988

>Z, it's not just at Penn Station in Manhattan. It's all around the world. I've had beggars approach me in Paris, Florence, and Rome. (Not Germany, curiously, but that may have been a fluke.) Of course. There are beggars everywhere. But there are an unusual amount in American cities, and the number of them is clearly growing. >My mom once took a trip to the Middle East, and she said that there were many child beggars in the streets of Cairo, some who even knew how to beg for change in Korean. Do we really want to compare American cities to Cairo? >I hate to sound callous, but I don't know any other way to put it. Poverty is everywhere. Even the richest people in America have but a small fraction of the resources necessary to combat it. Meanwhile no one has yet to invent the perfect society where poverty has been eliminated. LBJ cut the poverty rate in half. It's been going up again during the Bush administration. There are things that can be done. -Z