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To: neolib who wrote (66216)	4/12/2018 8:39:13 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 358095

Ask yourself which comes first, the pathology or the economic stress... Asked and answered. Message 31568644 Message 31568353 Lots of people for some reason are confused about that. Lots of people are more ideological than thoughtful.

To: neolib who wrote (66216)	4/12/2018 12:17:40 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 358095

Its both. Both the economic problems and the social pathology help create the other. To the extent economic problems are the source, a negative change in economic status seems to matter more than the absolute status. Plenty of people/groups/areas/economies have been poor, extremely poor by normal modern standards, without having the pathology be as extensively expressed. Also I would say it has more to do with not having a job and not having decent prospects of getting one, than of low income.