Let Them Do It Themselves

Many people throughout the world live in some of the harshest, most despicable living conditions on the earth. Whole countries may have less than a few thousand people that actually live in real houses and eat real amounts of food. Countries like Somalia depend a large amount on whether or not people find it in their heart to donate food, money and clothes to them. There are places like that within our own country, which …

…better America, but an America filled with people who will do only the bare minimum to get by. The best solution for ending ghettos and poverty is not Lemann’s solution that promotes laziness and lives controlled by the government. The best way minimize poverty is to get rid of welfare and welfare type programs and to promote hard work and setting high goals that force individuals to make the best of their own lives.