I'm sure nearly all of us have seen the 20/20 special "A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains." If you are reading this post and you haven't seen it, here's a link to a summary page on ABC's website that also contains a link to the video. Unfortunately I cannot test the video link due to dial-up limitations:
A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains
While I would have preferred more balanced coverage from Diane Sawyer (in my opinion it just supports the "ignorant Hillbilly" stereotype) it does bring real problems to our attention. There's no doubt that we have widespread prescription drug abuse, high obesity rates, and severe poverty. These community problems, among others, should be brought to the attention of New Cities. Better yet, why not opt for welfare reform? That would keep people from having children in order to exploit the system in the first place!
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