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[quote=Anonymous]Let's look at an example of a specific child we've all heard of recently: Relisha Rudd. Living with her mom and brothers in a homeless shelter, and a pretty horrible one at that. Let's say Relisha goes to school and there's a field trip. Her mother has blown her TANF on name brand sneakers for the boys and Uggs for Relisha. Sorry Relisha, you can't go on the field trip, your mom hasn't sent in the money. You're poor, and poor people have to learn how to manage their money better so you'll need to learn this lesson now.

We really punish the child-and perhaps deprive her of an educational experience- because the parent is a total nitwit? (I'm not calling poor parents nitwits, but in this specific case I think even that name is a charitable one.) Do you think the parent (in this case) gives the slightest crap that her child can't go on the  trip and will do better next time?

And to be honest, you have no idea where all that name brand stuff comes from. I work with the homeless and you'd be surprised how well-dressed some of the children can be due to donations, gifts, and other more nefarious means. Believe me, just because you're wearing Uggs doesn't mean that poverty doesn't absolutely suck.[/quote]

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