Is there an answer?
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The socioeconomic issues in play here will not be overcome by any flavor-of-the-month, lip service campaign. Raising awareness is barely scratching the surface when it comes to solving any type of problem. Here’s an idea that Keli Goff proposes that makes a great deal of sense…
It doesn’t cost you any money. You won’t need payday loans to participate. All it takes is time and caring. This shouldn’t be mandatory volunteerism like the disgusting HR 1388 bill that appears to be one of President Obama’s pet projects. People shouldn’t be forced to care. However, take a look at the above numbers again. This country will bury itself alive unless everyone acts. When it does, you will have no semblance of a life left to live. Fire and brimstone falling from the sky, cats and dogs living together… that is what we’ll have, and nobody will be safe.
Do you care now?
Good. This is not someone else’s problem. It belongs to everyone who breathes. Goff goes on to cite a study by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:According to a report conducted for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:
Four out of every 10 young adults (ages 16 to 24) lacking a high school diploma received some type of government assistance in 2001, and a dropout is more than eight times as likely to be in jail or prison as a person with at least a high school diploma. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "High School Dropouts: Stem the Tide or We All Pay (2)"
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