You may not like the messenger, but embedded in the recent political dust-up about the crime, poverty, and despair in Baltimore were some undeniable truths.
If nothing else comes out of this latest debate, the bright light is now shining on a very inconvenient reality: Liberal policies have failed the people of Baltimore and inner cities everywhere.
As the daughter of a former welfare recipient who spent my early years growing up in government housing, I know the truth of that statement more than most.
For decades, politicians have repeatedly promised urban communities good jobs, good schools, and safe neighborhoods. Instead, they have delivered policies that actually increase crime, degrade educational standards, and make it harder to get work.
The debate this incident has sparked sadly takes me back to a few years ago, when I was at my niece Ashley’s funeral service. Ashley was a product of the inner city. She was 32 years old when she died of a drug overdose.
She started out as a beautiful, strong, and intelligent young girl who had so much promise. But like so many others who grew up in that environment, she became disengaged from school, started hanging out with the wrong crowd, and began using drugs.
As I sat in the pew that day, I thought: Why does this keep happening in my community and what is it going to take to finally stop it?
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If the current POTUS democrat candidates used this as their platform, they might stand a chance.
ReplyDeleteTrump is exposing the liberal Democratic leaders of the inner cities and districts. Voters should take note and ask "is this who I want to lead our country"? Most notable are Cummings and Pelosi; both are wealthy and obviously do not care about constituents. Regardless of THEIR backgrounds, they don't give a whit about those who are down and out.
ReplyDeleteYou can always find some half baked anectdote-based "solution" when this topic comes up. The fact is that Baltimore is trash, just like Salisbury, because the medium income paying jobs left but the people stayed. No different than many towns in coal country and towns up and down the mid-atlantic coast from Wilmington, DE to Trenton, NJ. Has nothing to do with politics or race, everything to do with economics.
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman : Unfortunately, liberal feel good about yourself policies have been an abject failure. Blacks have been allowed to basically run wild and any rational person even with a low IQ can see the result. The horse is out of the barn now and there is no going back. The only way to stop this behavior is to make the punishment so severe those criminally inclined would be terrified at the thought of getting caught. At present, going to prison provides the opportunity to hang out with relatives and friends as well as a warm bed, meals and not having to work for anything. There is no disincentive. Therefore, our current system of justice is failing and a drastic change to terrifying punishment is the only solution from my point of view. It worked at keeping people in line when they thought they might find themselves swinging from a tree in front of the courthouse.
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