Overview
At each stage of their lives--from infant cribs to teen dropouts to welfare dependents to basement shelters for the elderly--the people of the underclass are shunned by the rest of the population, even by the working poor. The cycle is vicious: Underclass children get little help in their own homes (when they have homes); they are shoved aside at school until they drop out like their parents did; they are unable to find decent work without an education; they have children of their own for whom they cannot provide adequate care; and finally, they are dumped into human (but inhumane) warehouses for the not-quite-deceased. America cannot afford to do this to its poorest citizens; we cannot afford not to rescue the underclass. In the richest country on earth, the people of the underclass are not merely a problem, they are a scandal.
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- ISBN-13: 9781497682320
- ISBN-10: 1497682320
- Publisher: Open Road Distribution
- Publish Date: May 2015
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.58 pounds
- Page Count: 188
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