Graduate high school
Have a full time job
Marry before having children
The politician was heavily criticized for his comments. The advice seems timeless, but people don’t want to hear it.
Makeda, the subject of the piece, clearly has a high school education because was a legal assistant for the city before she was incarcerated. She educated herself further during her sentence, and after. While working.
Of the three steps to avoid poverty, she clearly followed one ( the full time job ).
Virtue signalling does not help people. Making clear the guidelines to building a good life IS useful.
I think the article voices many concerns about poverty. Here’s one example: “ The first year out of prison is critical for ex-inmates. They’re often leaving prison with little money, uncertain housing, fractured relationships with family, and no job, not to mention the psychological toll of incarceration. “They’ve got to construct a whole life for themselves: Where am I going to live? How am I going to have money in my pocket to eat, clothe myself, get across town?” says Ann Jacobs, executive director of the Institute for Justice and Opportunity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.”
What's the rate of high school graduation from families living in poverty?
What's the full-time employment rate for people without a high school diploma?
You’d have to think that if everybody clearly understood the steps ( and their relationship to success or failure ) that poverty rates would go down. That’s the goal.