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by nine_k 1810 days ago
Can one really thrive while being poor?

Also, how easy it is to build a good school and hire good teachers if you all are poor? Such are the cases where an infusion of wealth can help.

Regarding handouts, ask whether those who receive food at soup kitchens, or free meals for their kids at school, find the practice useless.

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> Regarding handouts, ask whether those who receive food at soup kitchens, or free meals for their kids at school, find the practice useless.

I'm sure if given the option of an intervention that actually addressed the underlying causes of poverty (i.e. socialised housing, UBI, or so forth), they wouldn't choose the gift of soup

Good and affordable schools are part of what I mean by environment.