Ted, If you're willing to look into poverty as a social issue, do some reading of works by Earl Shoriss. Poverty nowadays might not be so onerous if it were widely shared. Incredible wealth along side destitution makes it intolerable for those who have been excluded from the opportunities we take for granted.
Your tribe has always claimed it had the answers for the poor. Washington DC has not had a republican mayor since 1910. Pick your favorite US, third world, burning, looted, shithole, bill, it has been under progressive, leftist leadership for at least my entire lifetime.
Your tribe owns it, bill. You never had any answers, you dont now, It was never anything but promising a gravy train for everybody if you elected them again. You take the focus off your tribes failure by making it about classism, just another form of discrimination, but, one that is OK in your tribe at the moment.
Nothing you parrot has worked. It never will.
Best,
Ted
