There is no 'fix', Dickey. There are multiple and complex ways to address the multiple and complex issues of poverty on both societal and personal levels in this country that mitigate and significantly decrease the number of people in this country who are unable to acheive an adequate level of income and resources to assure that basic needs are met.

Everyone, has, and is entitled to an opinion. Informed opinions based on extensive education and professional experience, or on the first-hand experience of having lived in poverty, tend to carry more weight than do others in most discussions--unless one is talking about religion or poverty. Those of us who work with indigent and disadvantaged populations understand and accept that the contempt and devaluation of the human worth of poor individuals carries over onto us. But that doesn't stop us. And one of our tasks is to try to keep that contempt of the poor from stifling the voice of the poor.

Still waiting for details of your 'fix' that does not alter the percentages and ratios of distribution of wealth and income that currently exist in this country.

Janie