re: Decline of the African American family - article

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You saying "income inequality" is the issue?

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No, I'm saying that lack of education is the issue. Better public education and more incentive to graduate would be a good start.

How about beefing up child-protective services so that if you have a child as a teenager and can't take care of it, you lose the child to the state? Then the child is more of a burden than a source of income, and it's less appealing to make more poor people.

How about these entitlement programs get cut in half when you drop out of high-school so you have more desire to graduate? Then you're in a better postition to eventually get off state assistance.

It's not about cutting money to social safety nets, it's about making them more temporary and getting people out of poverty and more educated.