Re: Redlining

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

snow wrote:
> Mr. Thorn wrote:[snip]
> > Example:  Environment has a profound effect on a person's mind (outlook,
> > perceptions, attitudes, moods, etc.), and thereby has a significant, if
> > indirect effect on that person's hormone production (quantity, balance).
> > Those hormone productions have more effect on the body and brain long-
> > term than any other influence I can think of.

>      I bet the problem is even simpler than that.
>      Look at studies that correlate nutrition with grades/learning.
>      Look at "inner city" dietary habits of 3 to 5 year old children (and
>      any other "under performing" group).
>      I'd bet $20 on the correlation.

Not a bad point.  Theoretically, you can't buy smokes and liquor with
food stamps etc., but really, if you stand in a checkout line and see
what people *can* get with their handouts, it's, uh, impressive.