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Topic	Interesting article comparing poverty in Japan to the US
Questionmarktarius 07/30/19 3:07:35 PM #25:	Balrog0 posted... s0nicfan posted... Yeah, but there are EU countries with higher jobless and homeless rates than the US, EU countries with free college but lower graduate rates than the US, a significant number of countries where the average person is making so little they would fall under the American poverty line, etc. Just saying "do it like the EU" isn't an answer either. I agree. It's just an op-ed, not a treatise on dealing with poverty, I just thought it was an interesting angle on the whole 'culture of poverty' argument that I hadn't encountered before So... the conclusion here is that every economic system sucks, and we're just arguing over which one sucks less? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:925389451] in Interestin... [t:77901563]...</cite> <quote>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah, but there are EU countries with higher jobless and homeless rates than the US, EU countries with free college but lower graduate rates than the US, a significant number of countries where the average person is making so little they would fall under the American poverty line, etc. Just saying "do it like the EU" isn't an answer either. </quote> I agree. It's just an op-ed, not a treatise on dealing with poverty, I just thought it was an interesting angle on the whole 'culture of poverty' argument that I hadn't encountered before</quote> So... the conclusion here is that every economic system sucks, and we're just arguing over which one sucks less?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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