"supporting anyone who is seeking solutions"

Indeed I see no one seeking a solution. All I see are people seeking temporary solutions. I see no one trying to identify the root cause.

You can attack me all you want and claim I am attacking someone else. It makes no difference. Poverty will continue to grow until the root causes are eliminated or at least reduced.

I have never impuned anybody in their efforts to help the poor. I merely point out that that is not going to eliminate poverty.

"There has never been, and I hope there never will be, a government, society, entity, or machine that is able to exert sufficient control over the thoughts, choices, and behaviors of each and every human being to the extent that would be necessary to 'fix' poverty."

Janie:

By the above statement it sounds to me like you do not want a fix for poverty. You do not want the government to fix poverty or a government that can fix poverty. You want the government to mitigate the effects of poverty. Would this not lead to and ever increasing need for mitigation?

How about pollution? Do you want the government to eliminate pollution or just fix the results of pollution? How about Aids?

I hope Bobert realizes that liberals understand that ***their*** base of voters can be whipped into a lather by bashing rich folks and corporations. Bobert: do you run a union shop?