tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3101229245603600817..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Flash! There are poor Jews, and The Ark's dinner-less dinner helps them.Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22312901084048042702018-02-22T00:25:41.218-06:002018-02-22T00:25:41.218-06:00No guarantees are attached to an education. A coll...No guarantees are attached to an education. A college degree has not been a "golden ticket" to wealth and success for a long, long time...if it ever was at all. All of the Ark's clients are poor, yet half have college degrees. Perhaps this sad state of affairs is more connected to the "huge" need for psychiatric services that the Ark provides the Jewish poor...and one of the eternal conundrums of life: Do "mental health issues" eventually lead to poverty and failure...or is it the other way around? Grizz 65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15644898615284880282018-02-21T09:33:51.784-06:002018-02-21T09:33:51.784-06:00I read somewhere that a lot of charity parties--I&...I read somewhere that a lot of charity parties--I'm talking about the swanky affairs for the super-rich--give even a smaller fraction of the money they raise to the cause they raise it for. IOW, they're basically excuses for rich people to throw a party. And all of it tax-deductible.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18427285223108290292018-02-21T07:19:43.852-06:002018-02-21T07:19:43.852-06:00also below 250% of the poverty line is pretty misl...also below 250% of the poverty line is pretty misleading . thats $76,875 of income for a family of 4. there are certainly poor jews but that aint them. and only half their clients make less than that? though thats about where my family lands on the size and income scale and its not easy. not easy to live in a 4 bedroom in Roscoe village. and have a kid attending engineering school in NY and pay insurance on 3 cars etc. . yeah that just aint poor. LOL. it not only helps to have a nudge for a parent it helps that your community is there for you to help lift you from poverty and when there is a crisis like an uncovered illness or inability to work you can draw on resources the community makes available to keep you from falling into poverty losing your home etc. <br />I find it ironic that conservatives have aways found this to be the preferable model to government assistance. it works for relatively wealthy people why not for everyone?FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.com