A good start.
Getting rid of the corrupt politicians who support the politics of poverty.
And to update you on one item. Many poor cites in Massachusetts are getting younger, not older.
The problem is the youthful scales are tipped because the policies of poverty include teaching female high school juniors the ins and outs of the welfare system in the classroom.
They drop out of school at an alarming rate after their junior year, contributing greatly to the nearly 50 percent dropout rate in most poor Massachusetts cities.
During the summer months you end up seeing dozens of 22 year olds walking around with 3 kids in tow and another on the way. Every kid they have allows for an extension of benefits that are supposed to have a time limit.
To top it off, government funded programs to provide GEDs to these drop outs employ dozens of well paid union teachers.
The 12 months of training to take the GED test allows the system to extend more benefits that would have expired.
While on welfare they also get a free government funded cell phone. Gov. Patrick even setup a sweet deal they qualify for a free used car, a donated car with the first year insurance paid for by the state, if they start doing job interviews.
Note that they do not have to land a job. The company I work for gets dozens of these people coming in to interview for every posted job. All they want is a signature. Most are bold enough to say ???sign the form and I will leave without wasting your time.-
