Comments on: Poverty is Just So . . . Inspiring http://www.sharpsand.net/2007/08/27/poverty-is-just-so-inspiring/ Joseph Duemer's blog about reading, writing, politics, birds, food, & weather Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jd http://www.sharpsand.net/2007/08/27/poverty-is-just-so-inspiring/comment-page-1/#comment-6064 jd Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:08:56 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/2007/08/27/poverty-is-just-so-inspiring/#comment-6064 I find people improving their lives incrementally laudable; what I do not find laudable is a social order that has permitted such conditions to exist for so long. And what I especially do not find laudable is credulous gee-whiz reporting that heaps praise on politicians for doing what they should have done fifty years ago. I find people improving their lives incrementally laudable; what I do not find laudable is a social order that has permitted such conditions to exist for so long. And what I especially do not find laudable is credulous gee-whiz reporting that heaps praise on politicians for doing what they should have done fifty years ago.

]]> By: Art Deco http://www.sharpsand.net/2007/08/27/poverty-is-just-so-inspiring/comment-page-1/#comment-6063 Art Deco Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:41:59 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/2007/08/27/poverty-is-just-so-inspiring/#comment-6063 The article makes no reference to 'social services', but to municipal infrastructure like sewer and water lines. The settlements in question house about 2% of the population of Texas. That the very poorest in a society lack amenities that have been common for some time in other social sectors is unsurprising. If you wish to be dismissive of the efforts of people to incrementally improve their living situation by their own efforts, that's your problem. The article makes no reference to ‘social services’, but to municipal infrastructure like sewer and water lines.

The settlements in question house about 2% of the population of Texas. That the very poorest in a society lack amenities that have been common for some time in other social sectors is unsurprising.

If you wish to be dismissive of the efforts of people to incrementally improve their living situation by their own efforts, that’s your problem.

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