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The woman in this story is handcuffed by her decision to have 3 kids.

Show me the 20 year old dropout. Explain why he/she can't devote themselves to self improvement.

>>hogwil+(OP)
Seems like the woman needs education and a good job more than just about anyone to take care of those kids

>>hogwil+(OP)
The article points out this is is a vanishingly small percentage:

>That is, among the poor, two in 100 are working-age adults disconnected from the labor market for unknown reasons. The nonworking poor person getting something for nothing is a lot like the cheat committing voter fraud: pariahs who loom far larger in the American imagination than in real life.

>>hogwil+(OP)
are we talking about a middle class 20 year old dropout, or the three kids the woman in this story is raising?

not that it should matter, though if you want to help more people, help women with kids. people's lives are complicated in so many ways. it doesn't help to blame the victims (though i prefer to see the folks living tough lives -- especially when that involves also caring for others!! -- as fucking badasses).

(a) let women own their own bodies and lives, and stop blaming them for how fucked up our culture and laws are when it comes to sex and pregnancy

(b) value kids and mothers. stop underfunding childcare, education, and overprotecting domestic abusers and the patriarchy.

>>noober+q4
But make fantastic deflection ammo for those who benefit heavily from the status quo.