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“Good Soldiers” by Sallie Tisdale; “How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience” by John Kenneth Galbraith and “Black Hair” by Gary Soto. “Good Soldiers” about how the Salvation Army helps the impoverished. “Black Hair” was an Autobiography about living and working poor. Finally “How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience” is an essay on ways to help the poor. The Salvation Army a uniquely worthwhile organization is strictly non profit with the bulk of their monies going to help the underserved and starving. The services they provide are extensive and without strings attached. One of these services, job placement seems minimal, but as the ancient Chinese proverb says (The International Thesaurus of Quotations, ed. Rhoda Thomas Tripp p76) “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, Teach a man to Fish and you feed him for a lifetime” This holds true having a job, if one works they may put food on the table without needing handouts. Another