At many family gatherings they would discuss poverty and how to overcome it. While Lynn was focused on community development, Dean and David were very keen on business. To them, without a job or a productive form of income, people could never lift themselves out of poverty. The economies of nations and the establishment of business were the way to reduce poverty in the world.

“No,” Lynn would reply. “Business is about profit. A profit motive causes exploitation. If we can’t teach them to read and solve their own local problems, then poverty will never be solved.”

“They can read all they want,” Dean would respond. “One of the biggest local problems is that there are no jobs. That means that it doesn’t matter how well they read—they still have no money for food. They will still live in cardboard boxes if they have no viable means of income. Someone has to create the jobs, or there will still be poverty.”