Most poor aren't. I can show students that they can get there from here. That with hard work they can take a little and make it go a long way. Still, Peters doubts she could do today what she did then. When I wanted to do this, programs were in place that helped me get it done.
Today there's a totally different attitude, and a harsher climate.
Politics has been mixed in with the programs. You hear rhetoric that the war on poverty failed. But for a whole bunch of us, it didn't. Most people don't have a full picture of what it is like to be low income and need help.