Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 11
th, 2023 at 3:32pm:
Poverty can be a choice -
No it's not, take it from those on the front line who wrote the linked article
Quote:and certainly using it as a lever to pursue an endless free ride is outstanding politics...
Most sensible people from the Alice Springs Police Commissioner down know welfare dependency (which you ridiculously refer to as a "free-ride") is a major cause of the gap, including the terrible prison stats...
Quote:If it is not a choice -
Now you are thinking, at least....
Quote: why do so many choose to remain in it and not accept the steps offered to them to get out of it?
Immediate contradiction: you just asked <if poverty is not a choice> , why do so many choose it?
in fact, all that is being offered - and hence "chosen" - is welfare dependency.
Quote:Cultural limitations? Or just a sense of absolute entitlement to a first class free ride instead of poverty?
Addressed above: wrong narrative, in fact the problem is systemic economic dysfunction which relies of welfare as a "safety net".
Quote:You won't get 'em into a job without forcing them...
Show the job and the above poverty money, and see what happens.