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authorHolden Rohrer <hdawg7797@yahoo.com>2019-08-12 01:36:27 -0400
committerHolden Rohrer <hdawg7797@yahoo.com>2019-08-12 01:40:29 -0400
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\reflection{The complexity of the issues is precisely what makes them difficult to solve. Vance claims, however, that it's impossible to solve them as the government or as a corporation---simply because any outside influence wouldn't really change anything.}
-{\bf Chapter}
+{\bf Conclusion}
-\quote{[The ``adopt-a-child program''] sounds pretty simple, but I managed to find fault with nearly every suggestion}.
+\quote{[The ``adopt-a-child program''] sounds pretty simple, but I managed to find fault with nearly every suggestion}{249}.
\quote{It was the holiday season that taught me about tax refunds, which I gathered were free bits of money sent to the poor in the new year to save them from the financial indiscretions of the old one}{252}. \quote{Somehow my aunt and uncle's children ended up with more pedestrian gifts than I had come to expect as a child $\ldots$ there was no obsession with meeting a two-or-three-hundred-dollar threshold for each child}{252}. Christmas is a microcosm of bad financial decisions by poor people ``trying to be rich.''
\word{Confabulate}{engage in conversation; talk}
-\quote{I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamned people on this earth. $\ldots$ But $\ldots$ are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit hat our conduct harms our children?} \quote{These problems were not created by governments or corporations or anyone else. We created them, and only we can fix them}{256}.
+\quote{I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamned people on this earth. $\ldots$ But $\ldots$ are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit hat our conduct harms our children?}{255} \quote{These problems were not created by governments or corporations or anyone else. We created them, and only we can fix them}{256}.
\reflection{This chapter tires to give a satisfying reaction to the socioeconomic problems faced by Vance, his family, and his community. He recognizes the social programs instituted by companies and governments (adopt-a-kid, social services, education grants), but he knows that's not enough because the problems still exist. Vance believes that part of the reason for upward mobility is so scarce in these poor communities is because of how poor people act. They are often financially short-sighted when they're trying to provide for their kids, and social support structures are failing because of social pressures. People are forced to act invulnerable, and not share their emotions because that might get them hurt. They also can't admit fault and improve from a problem because then they get hassled for the issue. Instead, people blame external actors like Barack Obama.}