Bobert, thanks for providing context to those two posts of Dickey's where he reposted a link I had already posted earlier in the thread. They had me scratching my head because I was trying to read them in the context of this thread. Could tell the secnond post was supposed to be another 'gotcha' attempt, but otherwise, I was beginning to think he was actually paying attention and 'getting it' instead of 'gotcha-ing it.'

I don't think you have a clue Bobert, you just blabber on as if blabber will fix the problem. Dickey

Excuse me Dickey, I must have overlooked some of your posts where you talked about which agencies and for how long you worked serving disadvantaged populations. And you have the nerve to say Bobert just 'blabbers.' Tell us, in detail, just exactly all the many ways you work or have worked to deal with the problem of some one other than you being hard up.

Fine Dickey. I'll accept your premise that distribution of wealth and income is just fine the way it is and should not be touched. Without any redistribution, and using the percentages from the article you reposted above, show us your solution to 'fix the problem' of poverty. Show us how you are going to created so much sustainable wealth and income, without an increase in costs of meeting needs, that the bottom of the heap has enough to meet basic needs adequately.

Janie