The Poor Kids of Silicon Valley

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/03/opinion/ctl-child-poverty/#0

Ugh. This is quite telling and depressing. Very well done piece, the only thing I don't like is the ending sets up a false dichotomy and implies we can only do one of the four proposed solutions, when in fact we can (and should) be doing all four.

Interestingly I found out from this after it was shared by a Google software engineer.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think the bit on the homeless family drove the point well that yeah it's worse there than in Appalachia, both parents were employed full time and not at some minimum wage jobs either, but they still couldn't afford housing. Wouldn't be a problem in a much lower cost of living area.