MaggieD
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I am convinced that our government somewhat intentionally warehouses our poor and disadvantaged....shelves them by giving them just enough public assistance to get by. And no real help to get out.
Teenaged girls are incentivized to be a baby's momma in their teens to get their welfare checks -- which our government is very happy to hand out. Their families are destroyed because they don't want to get married....it'll effect their payday. The males are left without a family structure, goals and ambitions.
Job opportunities in these blighted neighborhoods are nonexistent. National food chains? They don't even open stores in these neighborhoods. Some have to drive 10-15 miles to get a "real grocery store."
Chicago's City Council, finally, after 5 years or so, "approved" opening a WalMart in such a neighborhood that would provide 400 jobs. It took YEARS as the City Council demanded an $8.75/hour wage instead of the State's minimum of $8.25. Those people just wanted JOBS and place to SHOP.
Their schools are a shambles with cops patrolling the hallways, metal detectors at the doors. Gangs in complete control. Their test scores are abysmal -- and still we don't solve THAT problem.
Their neighborhoods are war zones that police say they cannot control -- with the only male role models being drug dealers and pimps.
The average Black American male's lifespan is 69.8 years compared to a White American male's 75.7. Black women have a lifespan of 76.5 years, so it isn't in "their genes," as much as it is their lifestyle. Stay in "the projects," dead by 25.
I'm beginning to think that public assistance, the way it is constructed, is promoting slavery -- the poor just don't get it.
What do you think?
Teenaged girls are incentivized to be a baby's momma in their teens to get their welfare checks -- which our government is very happy to hand out. Their families are destroyed because they don't want to get married....it'll effect their payday. The males are left without a family structure, goals and ambitions.
Job opportunities in these blighted neighborhoods are nonexistent. National food chains? They don't even open stores in these neighborhoods. Some have to drive 10-15 miles to get a "real grocery store."
Chicago's City Council, finally, after 5 years or so, "approved" opening a WalMart in such a neighborhood that would provide 400 jobs. It took YEARS as the City Council demanded an $8.75/hour wage instead of the State's minimum of $8.25. Those people just wanted JOBS and place to SHOP.
Their schools are a shambles with cops patrolling the hallways, metal detectors at the doors. Gangs in complete control. Their test scores are abysmal -- and still we don't solve THAT problem.
Their neighborhoods are war zones that police say they cannot control -- with the only male role models being drug dealers and pimps.
The average Black American male's lifespan is 69.8 years compared to a White American male's 75.7. Black women have a lifespan of 76.5 years, so it isn't in "their genes," as much as it is their lifestyle. Stay in "the projects," dead by 25.
I'm beginning to think that public assistance, the way it is constructed, is promoting slavery -- the poor just don't get it.
What do you think?