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I often worry about the fact that often politicians learn about the parts of society that are "whinning" in numbers and consider the numbers and what these numbers need to "hear" and then they "campain" on pretending they are actually "listening" somehow.
The question is, if money is thrown at a "perceived problem" how it resolves that problem depends on if those on the receiving end are actually going to use that money to "improve selves" or give selves a way to become "more dependant".
It isn't "just" about throwing funds at something that is a "problem".
It is about understanding the problem, the real problem in the first place and being able to have funds that really "resolve" the problem.
For example, the "no child left behind act". Well, yes, we do have a problem of children falling through the cracks, never seem to achieve and end up becoming a burden on society somehow. But that often simply doesn't get to the "real problem" which is addressing the conditions that child lives under outside the school system and in the home. What the people who raise that child simply do not know how to do and why it must be done so that their child can actually become a more functional part of society.
Children "imprint" on their parents and surroundings, so if a child has parents that have "money thrown at them" so they can live on welfare in a way were they actually just thrive on that, well that child will aspire to that as well. Ofcourse that is only "one" example.
We, as a society need to find ways to educate parents and caregivers of children what children truely "need" to thrive to the best way they can. And we have not been doing that. And children often suffer even if they are in higher class homes that "seem" to provide for them.
Personally, I am weary of all the fighting going on in Washington, these politicians are often "out of touch" with what society truely needs. They often get to this level of "ego" where they get out of touch with the real needs that should be addressed.
We have a lot of mental illness/depression and emotional challenges in today's society now, and there is often a reason to that that has to be addressed. And it has a lot to do with how familes are not really funtioning familes anymore. And it has come to the point where we do not have enough funds to make up for this problem.
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