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If You Came This Way|Peter Davis

If You Came This Way : A Journey Through the Lives of the Underclass

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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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