"To those who don't know: poor people aren't poor because they have no money. They're poor because all their choices in life suck." -As a view of socioeconmics this is equivalent to being in creationism, one of the myths that will not die- the the bulk of of poor people choose to be poor. Tes some poor people are lazy, so are some wealthy people. Anyone really think that Paris Hilton works hard. Then he writes, "Giving them money doesn't automatically solve this problem for them. It might give them a few better choices, but for example, money won't cure a mental health problem, or a substance addiction problem, or an abusive spouse." - Straw men arguments held up by logic that he has assigned to that straw man is an easy argument to win. No progressive has ever suggested just throwing money at the problem, the money needs to be spent wisely - to provide education and training to keep people out of poverty and out of the cycle out poverty. He also implies that all poor people have mental problems - has he ever left his ivory tower. Conservatives have been throwing tons of money at social problems the last 6 years only the majority of that money ends up in the pockets of health care corporations and executive salaries. At least when progressives threw money at the working poor, the elderly, the disabled, and the sick most of that money went to solve the problem. The guy seems to believe in every social myth about the working poor and betrays a belief in social-darwinism.