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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Honestly, I think a petter poverty cure would be to focus more funding on schooling. The economics behind raising the minimum wage don't show it to be an effective anti-poverty measure (past a certain point).
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While I agree that school funding is the most important area to fight poverty, the truth remains that schooling does not exist in a vacuum. Children in poverty don't only have poor educational opportunities because of poorly funded schools, but also because of malnutrition, lack of access to pre-school programs (which is only partly addressed with the Head Start program), and poor home environments - many times caused by the stress of being one step away from living on the street.