Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45

Thank you for the post Ghost. But why do you assume that if the government is not doing something it won't get done? The program I spoke of earlier was sponsered by the YWCA, a private organization. it was the government that made it unworkable. Private groups (charity, church or in some cases businesses because they know an educated employee is a better employee) will create programs to help the poor and uneducated. However, if someone won't take advantage of opportunites then what can you do? You cannot force them to become educated. Are we then simply required to clothe and feed them for the rest of their lives? I know that if a man were 50 years old and for whatever reason never learned to read or write he could very well believe he could never learn. However, if the right person or group (and I honestly believe church groups are the best for this because they instill in a person a sense of self worth, a belief that God loves them so they should love themselves as well) helps a person ANYBODY can learn to be productive at any age. Will that 50 year old become president of GM? Of course not but he could become a store manager if he really worked at it.

Its all a matter of believing in one's self. Why are you successful at what you do? Because every morning you get up and KNOW that you can do the things that you do. You believe in YOU. Everyone deserves to have that opportunity but you know as well as I do that not everyone will take that when it comes to them.

Then the real question remains: What do you do with a person who is just so sorry they would rather sit at home and let someone else feed and clothe thier children?