Clothe the Poor, but Don’t Style Them
You may have heard the story today that about 500 IPS families went to the Center Township Trustee’s office seeking poor relief so they can afford to buy school uniforms. I’m all for helping the poor, but you have to ask what have these parents been doing all summer?
It’s not a new story that IPS students were going to have to be in uniform this year. There are a number of places where parents could get uniforms cheap. Pick a department store, dollar store or go to a Goodwill.
I’m not saying I would never help people in need, but I maintain most poor people are poor because they don’t know how to manage their money.
If they did, they wouldn’t be poor.
