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In article <1994Oct25.032952.9957@rpp386>,
John F. Haugh II <jfh@rpp386.cactus.org> wrote:
>In article <38gs4f$ee8@giga.bga.com> reg@bga.com (Reg Hanemann) writes:
>>Instead of concentrating on guns, let's take a look at the increase in
>>low-paying service jobs and the impossibility of a raising the social level
>>of a family through minimum-wage jobs. This coupled with the diminution of
>>low-skilled jobs (like family-run agriculture which is virtually
>>non-existant in the USA) has created a situation in which slavery is
>>beginning to look like job security.
>
>You've bought into the left's story about the "declining middle class".
>During the 80's the middle class "declined" because the lower class
>shrunk slower than the upper class grew.  This is an excellent example
>of upward mobility and not at all a reason for dispair.  Except that

The middle class isn't the problem.  The problem is that the educational
gap keeps widening.  Would you want to try to earn a decent living without
a high school diploma or some sort of job training?  The "American Dream"
is (at least in part) to have a better life than your parents through 
initiative, hard work, and education.  IMHO at least part of the gang/crime
problem is that offenders don't believe that if they go to school and
try to succeed within the system they'll ever have a good life. I think
it was Kemp that used the phrase "equality of opportunity, not equality of
outcome".  Bringing back the importance of education and self-discipline
to our culture will do more to stop crime and improve our economy than any
crime bill, gun ban, or welfare program.

Karl
rehn@arlut.utexas.edu