Alex Gonzalez

Laura Govoni

English 1302

05 December 2014

Stefan

“Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play” (Kant). An affluent policymaker who lives a lavish jet-setter worthy lifestyle is absolutely the perfect person to decide how the unfortunate and impoverished should be helped. The unaccommodating life style high-end service and luxury-hotels provide must be unimaginably difficult. I mean come on, which steak house they decide to eat at for lunch defines harsh living. So why are these policy makers involved with poverty reform? This morning my classically trained Welsh butler Stefan served me cold crab cakes with my eggs benedict--which is why I clearly empathize with people starving in Detroit. The blind leading the blind best describes the correlation between current policy makers and those they impact. The massive disconnect between political decisions, the people that make them, and the people they impact is unfortunate. The current blueprint reformist use to fight poverty has had an insignificant impact. The ineffective approach simply increases spending year after year and the amount of spending is thirteen times greater than when aid programs were initiated in 1964. (Merriam) Far from pragmatic, the approach reformist have taken to create policies for the poor is idiotic.  Power must be given to communities; firsthand experience, those who were born into poverty, and those who refuse to remain dependent on government assistance is key. But what do I know; Stefan serves cold crab cakes for breakfast.

Works Cited

Kant, Immanuel. BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2014. 5 December 2014. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/immanuel_kant.html

Merriam, Ida C. "Social Welfare Expeditures." Monthly Labor Review 89.1 (1996): 79-82. Social Security Administration. Web. 5 Dec. 2014.