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   RM> On another track, I had a thought about poor people that struck me a   
   RM> while back, it costs less to put someone through College than to put   
   RM> them in jail. In theory, that would mean that offering free education   
   RM> to poor people would eliminate generational poverty and reduce crime   
   RM> rates since they would, in theory, end up with good jobs..   
      
   KW>It would cost even less to feed kids while they're in school and provide   
     >pre-school during the formative 1-5 years. Extend medicare to those   
     >under 18. See what a healthy, well-fed generation does when they get   
     >their shot.   
      
   I guess it's one of those things where you'd not know what would   
   happen until you tried it. Will it make them want to succeed or   
   just produce a well fed new batch of criminals?   
      
   It's not this way anymore but, at one time in Canada, they made a   
   point of not putting all the poor people on welfare in the same   
   area, they would pay more and mix them with middle class people   
   in the hopes that the often single mothers with children would   
   grow up looking for something better. I imagine that worked to   
   some extent but eventually the poor people number so high that   
   something like that isn't workable..   
      
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