What is crazy about this is that the US has missed the obvious point – and has missed it for 40 years. To break the cycle of poverty, a country needs to invest in its children’s future, not in the imprisonment of 2.3 million people a year, many for non-violent crimes that are symptoms of poverty.
这一问题的疯狂之处在于美国对显而易见的一点视而不见，而且这一视而不见维持了40年。为了打破贫穷循环，一国需要投资于儿童的未来，而不是每年将230万人投入班房——他们中有许多都不是暴力罪犯，而是贫穷的受害者。