““We don’t want to have honest conversations about poverty and segregation and race and class, all those other sorts of ills,” said Karen Lewis,
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Indeed, it is the socialists who don’t want the conversation ...**because** ...we know what prevents poverty.
** Staying out of prison
** Having babies only when married
** Staying married and not getting divorced
** Going to school, on time, every day and graduating from high school
** Choosing to be illiterate and innumerate
** Getting a job, any job, and going to that job, on time, every day
That prevents poverty?
I think you left out a word like “..NOT ** Choosing to be illiterate and innumerate...”.