Pat Winstanley wrote:
> In article <bg6p3q$lghjo$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com says...
>> Pat Winstanley wrote:
>>> What made the poverty rise?
>>>
>>> What was hapopening in the US at (or a bit before) the time the
>>> poverty
>>> trend started rising?
>>
>> Poor people doing what makes them poor.
>
> Like being *unable* to get any work,

Why can't they get any work? It depends on the person, but one reason is the
fact that there is a minimum wage.

> or better paid work (for whatever
> reason)?

They could get better paid work if they had skills. By not acquiring skills,
they have no one to blame but themselves. They could acquire these skills
more radily if there were no minimum wage.

>> That is the cause of poverty.
>
> Mmmm... do you think that is fair?

Sure it's fair.

> If so, why?

What's not fair about it? Poor people become poor by doing the things that
make people poor. Rich people become rich by doing the things that make
people rich. That's quite fair.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"His final words to me were: 'This time I think the Americans are
serious. Bush is not like Clinton. I think this is the end.' "
 - Ala'a Makki, the former director of Uday Hussein's television
station, on the Ace of Hearts