Election Thread

[kandrathe]

Because they did not choose their circumstances. I think that every child should have an *opportunity* to succeed, regardless of who their parents are. Also, they won't all be janitors. Quite a few may not work legally for a living. Who will be supporting them then (through tax dollars or as crime victims)?

I've seen a study about Head Start, for example, where they followed some Head Start and non-Head Start children longitudinally, and it turned out that the money spent to send those kids to Head Start was more than repaid by increased tax revenues from these kids as adults.

The problem of multi-generational poverty also furthers racial tension in this country, because at this point a higher percentage of children of color are in families that have been in poverty for generations. As a result, this system perpetuates economic inequality between children of different racial groups.

It's not about race, it's about money and capitalism, but race ends up being a factor because although everyone *could* succeed, children of color, as a group, do not have the same opportunity to succeed.

So, why not invest more here? If I'm going to be burdened by taxes to take care of other peoples problems, then I'd rather that help be given in insuring all children get a quality K-8 education. After that, if they want to mess up, there is not much their parents, teachers, or God can do about it.