Dickey - What you fail to understand (or refuse to understand) is that it is the availability of resources and the access to education that provides the hopes and dreams. Hopes and dreams do motivate but basic needs must be met first.

This is a great thread. I haven't read the article. "Can Poor People Be Taught to Save?" quite yet but I will. The title is enough to make me wretch. How can you save when you don't have enough for basic necessities?

Thanks to Janie, Bobert, Barry and everyone who has thoughtfully contributed to this thread. Its been a good read.

btw AWG - Before contributing, its a good idea to read the entire thread. You'll get a better idea about those who are sincere and those who have no insight or compassion. If you think Dickie is where its at, its no wonder you're concerned about fat. He's enough to make anyone bulimic or anorexic.

Fast food is a problem but its not what is causing poverty.