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In reply to the discussion: Whirlpool Put Laundry Machines In Some Schools And Increased Attendance By 90% [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)than if they have clean clothes. Except the majority of those jobs are now in Taiwan, China, and, soon, moving to Vietnam.
Those used to create the spin-offs which would have employed the kids.
The reason they don't have a damn washing machine is either because their parents have no job that can buy one - even if they work 50 fucking hours a week - or because the relief we give is so miserly that they cannot afford one.
The answer is not to develop brand identity in kids, or wash their clothes so they can find a new career serving french fries or emptying bedpans.
Broken parents cannot raise whole children. If we want to do something other than window dressing, we need to fix the problems that make a washing machine payoff necessary.
But most people really don't care - they just want to appear that they do, so they do things "for" people. It's a lot easier than doing things "like" they would.
Then they just have to manufacture excuses.