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On today's classic Family Talk program, we're tackling a difficult truth about poverty in America,

one that many people would rather not discuss.

Our guest today on the program is Star Parker, and she knows this subject intimately because

she actually lived it for seven years. Star went from welfare dependency to becoming one of America's

leading conservative voices on public policy and poverty, as founder and president of the

Center for Urban Renewal and Education, Cure. She now helps craft solutions to transition people from government dependency to self-sufficiency.

Star's journey from rebellion and crisis to purpose and leadership is nothing short of remarkable.

Her story challenges everything we think we know about government assistance, and it also

reveals why the current system

often traps people instead of freeing them. Here now is Dr. James Dobson to introduce his guest,

Star Parker, on this classic edition of Family Talk.

You grew up in some very difficult circumstances, didn't you?

I made a lot of bad choices.

Actually, my dad was in the military, and so we moved about a lot.

But I listened to all the lies of the left that I had no real moral responsibility for the choices that I was making.

And I knew the welfare state was designed to get rid of any

natural consequences that might come from the decisions I was making. They had replaced those

consequences with these safety nets. And so I was extremely rebellious. Are you referring to your junior

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