Moral poverty forges the chains that impoverish and enslave a culture for generations.
When one nurtures a spirit of poverty and blames their situation on everyone one else, then one’s situation never changes. A radical notion these days.
So very true.
What will lift generation after generation out of poverty is a good moral compass. If your moral compass says that it is ok to go out and get drunk/high or to flop on your back and spread for any set of pants that happens to be around, you are going to expose your life to the consequences of those actions. Yes, you are free to make that choice but you are NOT free from the consequences of your choices. Good morals deals with making the right choices.
The next requirement is the discipline to see a job well done (a category I call motivation). The third leg of this stool is the development of useful and marketable skills.
If these, the Dems only want to address education / skills and as anyone know, a one legged stool is unstable. It takes a balance of all three (morals, motivation and skills) in order to be successful.
Perfectly put!