Lyle if it was so easy to get an education and rise from government housing to become a productive member of society more would do it. Fact is, schools in ghettos and lower class societies are complete shit. That's pretty much a fact. Invest money in those things, and you'll see more of the things you wish to see happen.

I do think Jesse Jackson is a bit of a twit, but Al Sharpton does a lot of lobbying for more investment in schools for the lower class and that is a good thing. Obama is also calling for heavy investment in public education, specifically the more lower class schools. If the schools weren't just as shitty as everything else in those environments then you would have a lot more of these success stories Lyle, but given how things are now it's not just as easy as you make it out to be to go to school, get an education and suceed. If it was more would do it.