Obama Government attempting to socially engineer Americans?

[Nova78]

Obama administration using housing department in effort to diversify neighborhoods | Fox News

"This is just the latest of a series of attempts by HUD to social engineer the American people," said Ed Pinto, of the American Enterprise Institute. "It started with public housing and urban renewal, which failed spectacularly back in the 50's and 60's. They tried it again in the 90's when they wanted to transform house finance, do away with down payments, and the result was millions of foreclosures and financial collapse.”

Also troublesome to critics is that the HUD secretary, in announcing this proposed rule, blamed poverty on zip codes – rather than other socio-economic factors that studies have shown contribute to poverty.

Obama has lost his mind Next the government will dictate what zip code you can live in , you will not be allowed to live where you want .

 

[TakeAStepBack]

the US government has been involved in social and economic engineering for over 100 years now.

 

[RoadVirus]

Obozo's way of turning all of America into Detroit.

 

[PredFan]

Here's what will happen with this:

When you want to sell your house, the government will first determine the diversity of the neighborhood and then if they are not satisfied, they will forbid you to sell your house to anyone but an approved race.

 

[Clementine]

Here's what will happen with this:

When you want to sell your house, the government will first determine the diversity of the neighborhood and then if they are not satisfied, they will forbid you to sell your house to anyone but an approved race.

Similar things have already happened in some schools. Parents often decide where to live based on the school district, so it was grossly unfair for some that liberals stepped in and decided that certain areas needed to be perfectly balanced by color. They started busing children to different schools to ensure that schools had equal amounts of color. It's usually the left who decides policy based on skin color and you'll find the division of people by color at the core of most of their social programs and government policy.

Some schools also started stepping in when it appeared that children were forming close friendships on the playground. They didn't want students to have best friends because they saw it as a rejection of other children. So they would break up children if they were getting too chummy and force them to play with other children. Some teachers even claimed that some children were showing signs of racism by not wanting to eat certain ethnic foods. If they left the taco on their lunch tray, they clearly hated Hispanics, etc. Never mind that a lot of children are picky eaters, some teachers would rather see racism than typical, non-threatening behavior.

That is the liberal world for you. It's where they control everything, from how you live to who your children can play with. They know best and they feel righteous, which is why you cannot argue with them. They are good about claiming racism anytime you disagree with one of their brainless ideas. It goes over heads if you explain that feel-good policies and legislation don't solve anything and often makes the situation worse. If it sounds pretty and nice, then go with it and never mind that common sense tells you that it's a waste of time and resources. They think painting over rotted wood makes everything better. Getting at the core of problems is too ugly and upsetting, so they prefer topical solutions that temporarily make themselves feel good.

Those who dare to discuss the real cause of social decay are quickly labeled racist and evil. It's a tough balancing act for liberal politicians. They have to convince an underclass of voters that they want to help them out of poverty while, at the same time, keeping them dependent. As long as a person is convinced they are a victim, they will continue to blame anyone but themselves or government for their rotten lot in life. Discussing statistics, like crime, unwed mothers and high school drop out rates are unpleasant and might cause some to realize that they have more control over their lives than they thought. As long as they can blame others, they don't feel guilty for making bad choices that have held them back. Politicians do not want their dependents to ever wake up and face reality. Their careers would be doomed.

 

[Asclepias]

Social engineering has always been a part of this country. If you doubt that take a look at some of the comments on this site.

 

[R.C. Christian]

The ultimate goal is to force people out of the burbs and into the city via agenda 21 and other means by changing the way government funding is handed out via population density. It's all a part of the commie in chiefs plan. Bit of a tangent there but it's related.

 

[g5000]

Obama administration using housing department in effort to diversify neighborhoods | Fox News

"This is just the latest of a series of attempts by HUD to social engineer the American people," said Ed Pinto, of the American Enterprise Institute. "It started with public housing and urban renewal, which failed spectacularly back in the 50's and 60's. They tried it again in the 90's when they wanted to transform house finance, do away with down payments, and the result was millions of foreclosures and financial collapse.”

Also troublesome to critics is that the HUD secretary, in announcing this proposed rule, blamed poverty on zip codes – rather than other socio-economic factors that studies have shown contribute to poverty.

Obama has lost his mind Next the government will dictate what zip code you can live in , you will not be allowed to live where you want .

What is the American Enterprise Institute's position on the government's tax penalty for not buying a house?

What is yours?

 

[jgarden]

Obama Government attempting to socially engineer Americans?

Under Republican administrations, the "social engineers" in the private sector were given government tax cuts as a reward for decimating America's middle class.