Comments on: Child Poverty: North Escambia Has One Of The Worst Zip Codes, And The Best, In Escambia County.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:37:47 +0000

It is a different situation now for young people. If you are over 40 and own a house consider yourself lucky. Both my adult children are responsible hard working ppl and most of their income goes for rent. No they are not parents. Ppl assume a lot on here but from what I have witnessed in my part of town is young ppl working a full time job and then going to a second job. Ironic that with all this new housing construction going on the young people and senior citizens in this county struggle to find decent housing.

Pfft Anne how do you know Cantonment has higher amount of 2 parent homes.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:17:57 +0000

Emily..You are spot on with the basic problems our country faces. I think a good starting point forward would be to look at other countries that have the things we strive for and model ours after them.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:45:16 +0000

Poverty is a condition or way of life that is learned and passed from generation to generation. It will take an outside force that is strong enough to overcome these learned behaviors. Whether it be a teacher/mentor who is able to break through the chains of poverty and instill a sense of confidence and purpose or a government plan which provides an intense training program which would constitute giving a hand up, not a hand out. The youth of this country are our future and if we don’t get a grip on the fact that some families/parents are lacking in resources, both financial and mental to produce a properly educated and productive member of our society, then we are doomed. It really does take a village and people who are only worried about their own little personal tribe, with the mindset of “I’ve got mine, forget about you” are going to see this experiment of a young country continue to climb. It’s going to take resources to get the youth out of the cycle of poverty. It needs to be done with a measured plan and outcome. The end result will be three fold. Our government has become a football league trying to beat the other team. It’s not helping anyone or anything to keep fighting each other, all the while wasting resources in useless projects and military weapons. The pen is mightyer than the sword. This country has gone through much upheaval and it could be blamed on growing pains. You take many different cultures, religions and political differences; then throw them into a pot and stir. Thus, we have the great American melting pot. It’s been a challenge since the beginning. George Washington believed that we should only have one political party because he thought a two party system would cause too much in fighting. Perhaps, he was right. The only thing I know for sure is that we are sorely lacking in capable and caring leadership. The politicians have forgotten who put them in office and soon they are receiving campaign donations from lobbyists and corporations to which they will be beholding to them, instead of the people who elected them. There should be term limits on the time they spend in Congress and the Senate. Lifetime politicians need to be eliminated. They become stale and cynical. Their impressive salaries and excellent health care insurance are provided for by the taxpayers money and yet they don’t want the American people to have basic healthcare like the rest of the developed countries in the world. But, I digress. My point is that we have to make some changes in how this country is run. Poverty is a powerful chain, but it can be broken with the proper planning and tools. And of course, positive people who are interested in keeping America, and our unique experiment of this new country alive and thriving.

By: Miss Doe

Miss Doe — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:48:04 +0000

Ok. Enough. Not all people are sitting around getting food stamps. Some are working and they supplement thiere income like it’s suppose to do to help. However. Raise minimum wage and wouldn’t have to supplement right.Florida is a retirement State. Low wages. Realtors make out Tourist town.ya know. Lottsa people just staying to help out elderly parents who moved here. There is no way I would live here if not for that. Check out big companies and towns. And …. Move if your not happy. Have a nice day.

By: Kane

Kane — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:54:36 +0000

Wow I love how all you wonderful loving compassionate citizens of our great state jump straight on the food stamp and free money train of thought when you here the government wants to raise children up out of poverty.

You really think Uncle Sam is going to be handing out EBT cards and free checks to people on the street? Nope instead it will be things like better education programs designed to help under performing children do better in school and give them opportunities to advance to college that they would not otherwise have. Programs children in the rest of the county already enjoy such as magnet schools and trade schools.

Why do children in that area of the county not already have these you might ask? Well the common sense answer is because they live in the middle of nowhere and have only a few schools to attend. Is that the parents fault or the states? And before you say “the parents” I’d like to state that if you fell that way then I as a taxpayer am in favor of closing half the schools after all you agree your kids don’t need them.

So to summarize more schools better school programs more equal opportunities.

By: Kizzy

Kizzy — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 03:15:24 +0000

Will this be like “the war on drugs”? Government has been fighting that sense the 60s and it’s worse not better.

By: Nancy Volquez

Nancy Volquez — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:54:46 +0000

I am a foreing National, and I have worked and gone to school to better myself. I am not rich, but live a good life. I can take international vacations, I can go shopping and I do not depend on the government for assistant. I think this great country offers multiple opportunities but a lot of people do not want to take it and likes to get stuff the easy way. Hard work, organization with your finances are 2 of the things people can do to get out of poverty. Sometimes in my opinion is pure laziness, they only wanna be smoking and drinking and partying all the time… Blah!

By: NPC

NPC — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:30:35 +0000

@ Debra…… Minimum wage jobs are not meant to support a family, they are an introduction into the workforce. If you owned a business and paid the majority of your employees minimum wage would you be able to keep all of your employees is the minimum wage was raised by a dollar an hour without raising the cost of your product or service? Simple math would provide an answer. If you are unhappy with your pay get into an occupation that provides an apprentice program and as your skills grow so does your pay. There are other solutions and with some effort the rewards are satisfying. Expecting the government to provide us much easier and that is the solution for many.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:52:37 +0000

You don’t think the
ridiculously low starvation wages has anything to do with it. Florida sucks

By: Debra Henderson

Debra Henderson — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:38:20 +0000

Raise the state minimum wage to a living wage. Eight dollars an hour is not livable. I work with many young people who are working 2 to 3 jobs. They are unable to get ahead. They cannot take care of themselves let alone a family. If you have a family to support, this is not the state to live in.