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It is very evident in the schools. On the last day of school, I personally walk around and collect left over notebooks, paper, pencils and pens from lockers. We sift through and collect backpacks, coats, gloves and shoes left behind by the more fortunate of our students. In the fall of next year, there will be kids with need... great need. They will be quietly thankful for the cast off items we share with them.
Without proper change, and soon, we are the next Detroit. People need to pay attention to what is happening with our next generation. Change needs to happen at a high level. I believe our uneven trade laws are at the root of the problem. There is a want for quality, higher priced manufactured goods overseas. We aren't shipping enough quantity and getting proper return, which could spur growth of jobs. The story that people are lazy and lack something inside themselves only goes so far. Cutting the funds to schools and safety net programs will not solve the problems, only widen the gap.
https://talkpoverty.org/2016/06/10/paul-ryans-district-community-struggling/
"How do you take away half of our manufacturing jobs and then say poverty is some moral failing?"
--Kelly Gallaher
