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Article: To lick society's ills, keep kicking.(The Charleston Gazette)
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- February 5, 2003
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Byline: James A. Haught
Every day, we newspaper editorial writers try to prescribe the best solutions we can envision for public problems and issues.
But deep in my mind, there's always a nagging awareness that the worst dilemmas defy cures. Consider some examples:
What about poverty in America? What can be done for the jobless, the homeless, the marginal families being shut off welfare, the children in soup kitchens, the 44 million "working poor" with no medical insurance?
Nearly everyone wants to help the underclass become employable and attain self-sufficiency. But some city "street people" (and in the mountains, "holler people") ...
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