"The Hallmark of the Underclass"


Charles Murray can't decide if the Republican or Democratic politicians are more contemptible

Charles Murray wrote this piece for the Sunday OpinionJournal.com

Watching the courage of ordinary low-income people as they deal with the aftermath of Katrina and Rita, it is hard to decide which politicians are more contemptible--Democrats who are rediscovering poverty and blaming it on George W. Bush, or Republicans who are rediscovering poverty and claiming that the government can fix it. Both sides are unwilling to face reality: We haven't rediscovered poverty, we have rediscovered the underclass; the underclass has been growing during all the years that people were ignoring it, including the Clinton years; and the programs politicians tout as solutions are a mismatch for the people who constitute the problem.

I think the man has several points. And like Mr. Murray, I don't think that bigger government will solve the problem. In fact, I think it will prevent solutions and prolong difficulty.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - October 3, 2005 at 04:45 AM  Tag


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