Community Investment? Oh, Please

[Sonny Clark]

Investing in these neighborhoods will bear nothing, they are money pits, all we are doing is throwing money down the drain. They are born into the welfare state and make it a career

Community Investment? Oh, Please

In the face of the Baltimore riots, President Obama is reportedly resigned that nothing much can be done to prevent similar events in the future because of Republican opposition to any greater “investment” by the federal government in mainly black inner-city communities.

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

These communities are not an “investment”; they’re an expense! The biggest money hole in the history of the human race. Since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program was enacted, we have spent over fifteen trillion – with a t – on welfare (AFDC and other programs), Food Stamps, WIC stamps, free pre-school, free primary and secondary education, free medical care, free cell phones, Section 8 housing assistance, food pantries, free transportation to the Social Services Office and your medical appointments, free legal services, and I don’t know what else because I haven’t the stomach to look any further.

Articles Community Investment Oh Please

Well, someone needs to inform Mr. Obama that the problem is NOT "community", the problem is "out-of-control" members of law enforcement, and the pathetic system called "justice". Fix the "cop" problem, and fix the injustices in our judicial system, and all will be well.

Right. And as a venture capitalist, I'll be right there with fistful of checks.....
Look, if you're not going to discuss this in a rational manner, just lurk. Don't post.

Are you the Admin of this site? So, you can tell people when and where they can post? What a surprise, I had no idea. Are you going to ban me now?

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

It's funny how the RWnuts think that the military can't survive without more and more money,

but that everything else in society would be better off with less money.

Wow, what an idiotic statement.

The military is a government run force, of coarse it takes money.

Society, is not to be run by the government, thus it needs little if any money.

God, just when you think someone can't get even dumber. Money runs this country, and government is its tool. If you are on the Forbes 400 list, then you're one of the people in society who runs it. Of "coarse".

 

[ScienceRocks]

The number one community investment that would help these people is the teaching of right & wrong to their children. Everything builds on that. Secondly, more resources for the schools so these children can take advantage of the new found will.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Investing in these neighborhoods will bear nothing, they are money pits, all we are doing is throwing money down the drain. They are born into the welfare state and make it a career

Community Investment? Oh, Please

In the face of the Baltimore riots, President Obama is reportedly resigned that nothing much can be done to prevent similar events in the future because of Republican opposition to any greater “investment” by the federal government in mainly black inner-city communities.

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

These communities are not an “investment”; they’re an expense! The biggest money hole in the history of the human race. Since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program was enacted, we have spent over fifteen trillion – with a t – on welfare (AFDC and other programs), Food Stamps, WIC stamps, free pre-school, free primary and secondary education, free medical care, free cell phones, Section 8 housing assistance, food pantries, free transportation to the Social Services Office and your medical appointments, free legal services, and I don’t know what else because I haven’t the stomach to look any further.

Articles Community Investment Oh Please

Well, someone needs to inform Mr. Obama that the problem is NOT "community", the problem is "out-of-control" members of law enforcement, and the pathetic system called "justice". Fix the "cop" problem, and fix the injustices in our judicial system, and all will be well.

Ya cause after all a couple incidents that were not self defense mean we have an out of control problem, right?

 

[Sonny Clark]

Yo "sonny" hitting funny is only revealing you have no rebuttal, you and that fraud Lieawatha keep doing that and it's annoying...a good way to get sent to ignore also. It makes no difference to me what so ever.

Cute ....... very good.... Hey, ask me if I give a shit whether you ignore me or not. Ha Ha Ha Ha ... very funny indeed.

Whatever, troll. You're just upset I called you out. Now go drink some Bubble Up, have a bowl of rainbow stew and fret for mankind.

Silly silly silly .. cute also. ... FYI - It'd take a lot more than you or some pathetic post on USMB to get me upset.

Keep fretting about the poor oppressed black man that has no desire to get ahead. It's a no sum game. You can't win

FYI - I know of no one fretting. FYI - I'm NOT trying to win anything. Obviously you have me confused with someone else.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Yo "sonny" hitting funny is only revealing you have no rebuttal, you and that fraud Lieawatha keep doing that and it's annoying...a good way to get sent to ignore also. It makes no difference to me what so ever.

Cute ....... very good.... Hey, ask me if I give a shit whether you ignore me or not. Ha Ha Ha Ha ... very funny indeed.

Whatever, troll. You're just upset I called you out. Now go drink some Bubble Up, have a bowl of rainbow stew and fret for mankind.

Silly silly silly .. cute also. ... FYI - It'd take a lot more than you or some pathetic post on USMB to get me upset.

Keep fretting about the poor oppressed black man that has no desire to get ahead. It's a no sum game. You can't win

You are the problem, you insufferable hypocrite.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The problems start with the fact that these children don't have any morality or will to improve themselves. I agree that those communities need infrastructure, science, r&d and education!!! Taking that away will just hurt and make this mess spread.

You can invest until doomsday but until they have the will and desire to achieve you are throwing money away. All you need to do is look at inner cities for proof of that

What about encouragement and opportunities?

Encourage away, opportunities come to those that apply themselves and work towards goals.

In a fantasy world maybe, but not here.

Fine, keep throwing your money down the rabbit hole. I'm sick of it. Until they pull themselves up by the boot straps they will continue to live in poverty.

And where has that happened in the world?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Mr Gray was well know to the police and in the community as a drug dealer. I think it is still against the law to sell illegal drugs in Baltimore.

Ah, but all he did to get arrested was to make eye contact. At least that's what was reported. He didn't get arrested for his past.

He made eye contact and took off running away. An innocent man would not do that.

Eye contact and running is NOT a crime. I run, and I make eye contact. I'm not a criminal.

You can still be lawfully stopped for it

Do you know where I can find that law? I'd love to read the law that says running and eye contact is a crime. Can you provide a link so that I can read all about that law? Thanks.

Freddie Gray Terry v. Ohio Reasonable suspicion

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Yo "sonny" hitting funny is only revealing you have no rebuttal, you and that fraud Lieawatha keep doing that and it's annoying...a good way to get sent to ignore also. It makes no difference to me what so ever.

Cute ....... very good.... Hey, ask me if I give a shit whether you ignore me or not. Ha Ha Ha Ha ... very funny indeed.

Whatever, troll. You're just upset I called you out. Now go drink some Bubble Up, have a bowl of rainbow stew and fret for mankind.

Silly silly silly .. cute also. ... FYI - It'd take a lot more than you or some pathetic post on USMB to get me upset.

Keep fretting about the poor oppressed black man that has no desire to get ahead. It's a no sum game. You can't win

FYI - I know of no one fretting. FYI - I'm NOT trying to win anything. Obviously you have me confused with someone else.

She can't even get her buzz words right. The term is "zero sum".

 

[Sonny Clark]

Investing in these neighborhoods will bear nothing, they are money pits, all we are doing is throwing money down the drain. They are born into the welfare state and make it a career

Community Investment? Oh, Please

In the face of the Baltimore riots, President Obama is reportedly resigned that nothing much can be done to prevent similar events in the future because of Republican opposition to any greater “investment” by the federal government in mainly black inner-city communities.

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

These communities are not an “investment”; they’re an expense! The biggest money hole in the history of the human race. Since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program was enacted, we have spent over fifteen trillion – with a t – on welfare (AFDC and other programs), Food Stamps, WIC stamps, free pre-school, free primary and secondary education, free medical care, free cell phones, Section 8 housing assistance, food pantries, free transportation to the Social Services Office and your medical appointments, free legal services, and I don’t know what else because I haven’t the stomach to look any further.

Articles Community Investment Oh Please

Well, someone needs to inform Mr. Obama that the problem is NOT "community", the problem is "out-of-control" members of law enforcement, and the pathetic system called "justice". Fix the "cop" problem, and fix the injustices in our judicial system, and all will be well.

Ya cause after all a couple incidents that were not self defense mean we have an out of control problem, right?

No, not a couple, many, many, many. It's been going on for a very long time. Do some research.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Yo "sonny" hitting funny is only revealing you have no rebuttal, you and that fraud Lieawatha keep doing that and it's annoying...a good way to get sent to ignore also. It makes no difference to me what so ever.

Cute ....... very good.... Hey, ask me if I give a shit whether you ignore me or not. Ha Ha Ha Ha ... very funny indeed.

Whatever, troll. You're just upset I called you out. Now go drink some Bubble Up, have a bowl of rainbow stew and fret for mankind.

Silly silly silly .. cute also. ... FYI - It'd take a lot more than you or some pathetic post on USMB to get me upset.

Keep fretting about the poor oppressed black man that has no desire to get ahead. It's a no sum game. You can't win

You are the problem, you insufferable hypocrite.

She is by admission 30 years old and has 6 kids,

so I think it's a reasonable estimate that she pays no federal income taxes.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Ah, but all he did to get arrested was to make eye contact. At least that's what was reported. He didn't get arrested for his past.

He made eye contact and took off running away. An innocent man would not do that.

Eye contact and running is NOT a crime. I run, and I make eye contact. I'm not a criminal.

You can still be lawfully stopped for it

Do you know where I can find that law? I'd love to read the law that says running and eye contact is a crime. Can you provide a link so that I can read all about that law? Thanks.

Freddie Gray Terry v. Ohio Reasonable suspicion

Sorry, but that's not a law that says running and eye contact is a crime.

 

[georgephillip]

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

Since 15 Baltimore communities have lower life expectancies than North Korea (eight are doing worse than Syria), why are you whining about food stamps, WIC, and Section 8? 'Care to imagine life expectancies in those 15 neighborhoods WITHOUT any investment in those trapped there?
15 Baltimore neighborhoods have lower life expectancies than North Korea - The Washington Post

 

[Manonthestreet]

He made eye contact and took off running away. An innocent man would not do that.

Eye contact and running is NOT a crime. I run, and I make eye contact. I'm not a criminal.

You can still be lawfully stopped for it

Do you know where I can find that law? I'd love to read the law that says running and eye contact is a crime. Can you provide a link so that I can read all about that law? Thanks.

Freddie Gray Terry v. Ohio Reasonable suspicion

Sorry, but that's not a law that says running and eye contact is a crime.

Sorry you are to stupid to understand what was written

 

[Sonny Clark]

Eye contact and running is NOT a crime. I run, and I make eye contact. I'm not a criminal.

You can still be lawfully stopped for it

Do you know where I can find that law? I'd love to read the law that says running and eye contact is a crime. Can you provide a link so that I can read all about that law? Thanks.

Freddie Gray Terry v. Ohio Reasonable suspicion

Sorry, but that's not a law that says running and eye contact is a crime.

Sorry you are to stupid to understand what was written

OK .... I understand....... no problem ..............

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

Investing in these neighborhoods will bear nothing, they are money pits, all we are doing is throwing money down the drain. They are born into the welfare state and make it a career

Community Investment? Oh, Please

In the face of the Baltimore riots, President Obama is reportedly resigned that nothing much can be done to prevent similar events in the future because of Republican opposition to any greater “investment” by the federal government in mainly black inner-city communities.

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

These communities are not an “investment”; they’re an expense! The biggest money hole in the history of the human race. Since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program was enacted, we have spent over fifteen trillion – with a t – on welfare (AFDC and other programs), Food Stamps, WIC stamps, free pre-school, free primary and secondary education, free medical care, free cell phones, Section 8 housing assistance, food pantries, free transportation to the Social Services Office and your medical appointments, free legal services, and I don’t know what else because I haven’t the stomach to look any further.

Articles Community Investment Oh Please

Well, someone needs to inform Mr. Obama that the problem is NOT "community", the problem is "out-of-control" members of law enforcement, and the pathetic system called "justice". Fix the "cop" problem, and fix the injustices in our judicial system, and all will be well.

You're deflecting from the issue at hand. This thread isn't about the "big bad police", it's about the black population being given every possible hand up and STILL not getting it done. If you want to cop bash start a thread on that

Another clueless, racist bigot thread. STFU. If anyone knows about receiving public assistance, it's you.

No one pays you anymind, you racist. You showed your true hatred for whites in another thread.

No, I didn't. I showed empathy for another race. Try it sometime, it will help heal the problem and fix yours.

Everyone on here knows you hate white people. They are not as stupid as you think they are.

As far as my problems go.
I own my home, a ford f150 extended cab, a ford mustang, have no credit card debt, a great family, a bunch of pets, and just finished eating pulled pork bbq, and washed it down with a hot fudge cake from the dairy dream just down the road.

Am I blessed? Oh hell yes, did I do my part to earn it, oh hell yes, 15 hour work days 6 days a week minimum, for almost 20 years, now, I don't have to work near as hard, and life is much more enjoyable.

Not bad for a poor white boy, who never graduated high school, and married when he was 17 to a 17 year old girl, who is still at his side, just over 27 years later.

Other than having to take care of those who refuse to take care of themselves, please tell me, what problems are prominent in my life?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Burning the town down is fantastic tool in encouraging investment

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

It's funny how the RWnuts think that the military can't survive without more and more money,

but that everything else in society would be better off with less money.

Wow, what an idiotic statement.

The military is a government run force, of coarse it takes money.

Society, is not to be run by the government, thus it needs little if any money.

God, just when you think someone can't get even dumber. Money runs this country, and government is its tool. If you are on the Forbes 400 list, then you're one of the people in society who runs it. Of "coarse".

I bet you believe in creatures from outer space have paid you visits in the past, and you can commune with the dead also.

 

[blackhawk]

The government has spent millions and millions of dollars over the years on so called community investment the improvement if any has been marginal. When you spend this much money with little or no improvement it might be time to consider the problem is deeper than just money.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Investing in these neighborhoods will bear nothing, they are money pits, all we are doing is throwing money down the drain. They are born into the welfare state and make it a career

Community Investment? Oh, Please

In the face of the Baltimore riots, President Obama is reportedly resigned that nothing much can be done to prevent similar events in the future because of Republican opposition to any greater “investment” by the federal government in mainly black inner-city communities.

“Investment”? What a joke! An investment is something from which you expect a return, and those communities have about as much chance of paying anyone back anything as Confederate War Bonds do of suddenly maturing at ten percent compound.

These communities are not an “investment”; they’re an expense! The biggest money hole in the history of the human race. Since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program was enacted, we have spent over fifteen trillion – with a t – on welfare (AFDC and other programs), Food Stamps, WIC stamps, free pre-school, free primary and secondary education, free medical care, free cell phones, Section 8 housing assistance, food pantries, free transportation to the Social Services Office and your medical appointments, free legal services, and I don’t know what else because I haven’t the stomach to look any further.

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