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Thoughts on Gun Safety

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EiMitch12/17/2012 8:32:52 am PST

re: #3 uncah91

A few clarifications:

And yes, improving the economy is important, but we also need to commit to availability of services that mitigate the negative effects of poverty on society as a whole.

I didn’t say “improve the economy.” I was talking about solving economic social problems. Yes, we need more public services and welfare.

Because poverty will never be eliminated.

In a sense, thats true. “Poverty” is a relative term, and therefore a moving target (no pun intended) during times of improvement.

When nobody has to worry about going hungry, or losing their home, or forgoing needed medical care, or other vital needs that could leave someone desperate, then I’ll declare poverty solved. Oh yeah, and access to education thats worth more than a punchline.

As for what’ll be called “poverty” after that, I really don’t care.

For example, mental health services have been gutted over the last 30 years.

Yeah, thats part of the infrastructure I was talking about.