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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Rich, poor, view poverty differently. Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Rich, poor, view poverty differently. In today's, "They had to poll people to figure this out?" news, a new survey says: Polling by the Marguerite Casey Foundation also found that both rich and poor are optimistic about future prospects for their children. Those at the poverty level or the near poor were almost twice as likely to say factors beyond their control are responsible for their impoverished state. Those who make higher incomes were evenly split on whether poverty is caused by external factors or by people not making enough effort. In response I say, "Well, duh." Of course poor people aren't going to conclude that they're poor because they're lazy, and of course rich people aren't going to admit that poor people might try just as hard as they do. No one wants to be responsible for their own poverty, and rich people want to blame the poor for their own poverty since then they don't have to bother with nuisances like compassion or support for better school funding and jobs programs. Seriously, how much money did the Marguerite Casey Foundation spend on this "told us nothing we didn't already know" survey? Just drop me an email and a check for $1000 next time, kids. I've gotcha covered. Posted by: Flux # 5:56 AM Comments: On a less-sarcastic note, I assume the survey-takers knew what their results would be; they just had to carry out the survey to get some media attention and have some data to point to when they campaign for financial aid, or whatever. And it's not in the journalistic style to put "confirming what everyone already knew" in an article intro. But if I let facts and understanding cloud my judgment, we'll be damn short on snarky blog posts around here, won't we? #: 6:06 AM posted by Flux Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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