If you're one car accident away from poverty, you're on a high wire without a safety net. And that's a challenging proposition.
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A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.
Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.
You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.
Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous.
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself.
We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.
The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.
The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.
My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.
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