Community Investment? Oh, Please

[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.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

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

The payback is not in dollars and cents. It's less crime and unemployment, or maybe just a bit slower growth rate. Fixing social problems are the most difficult problems a nation faces. Often money is spent and it fails to accomplish anything. However, to do nothing as many on the Right favor guarantees failure.

It's already at failure level and has been for years

 

[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.

 

[Manonthestreet]

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

The payback is not in dollars and cents. It's less crime and unemployment, or maybe just a bit slower growth rate. Fixing social problems are the most difficult problems a nation faces. Often money is spent and it fails to accomplish anything. However, to do nothing as many on the Right favor guarantees failure.

No failure is big enough for libs to make them question their mantra.........

 

[TooTall]

If blacks are equal then why should we treat them differently then anyone else??? I don't get sonny argument based on this reality.

If they commit a crime they deserve to be arrested.

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

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.

 

[Sonny Clark]

If blacks are equal then why should we treat them differently then anyone else??? I don't get sonny argument based on this reality.

If they commit a crime they deserve to be arrested.

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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.

 

[thereisnospoon]

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

I think there should be investment in these communities. By the residents of Baltimore. ONLY....Not the taxpayers of Maryland who live outside of Baltimore. And certainly not the taxpayers of the United States....In fact, the Mayor of Baltimore should be using her office aas well as the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce to attract business investment.
Right now, the Mayor would be seen as having no vision for the City. Her entire focus seems to be on social issues and inflaming passions with negativity. Also she has alienated the local media.
The Baltimore Sun and WBAL-AM an all news talk station, should be the first entities the mayor wants as allies.
Instead, she made a statement, denied making it then blamed the local media for reporting her original statement.
Not a good way to entice investment dollars.

 

[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.

 

[TooTall]

If blacks are equal then why should we treat them differently then anyone else??? I don't get sonny argument based on this reality.

If they commit a crime they deserve to be arrested.

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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.

If you were a known drug pusher and took off running, i is reasonable for a cop to find out why you ran away. This is common sense to most sane people.

 

[Manonthestreet]

If blacks are equal then why should we treat them differently then anyone else??? I don't get sonny argument based on this reality.

If they commit a crime they deserve to be arrested.

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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

 

[thereisnospoon]

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.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

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

 

[The Rabbi]

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

Damn you!
I saw "Obama resigned" in the sentence and got excited. Shit.

 

[Sonny Clark]

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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.

If you were a known drug pusher and took off running, i is reasonable for a cop to find out why you ran away. This is common sense to most sane people.

I totally disagree. As long as one does NOT break the law, cops should mind their own damn business.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

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

Well ... excuuuuuuse me ......... FYI - Our problems go much deeper than "community", much deeper than "hand-outs", much deeper than "race", much deeper than our "black population", and much deeper than what Mr. Obama is willing to acknowledge and address.

Your post doesn't begin to address the problems we face, nor the issues within races, nor community issues. Your post is obviously political biased, prejudice, and is the usual political "blah blah" that we hear and read every single day. Our problems are NOT Republican problems, nor are they Democrat problems. Our problems are politically based agendas where America and her citizens are far down the priority list. Try looking passed the surface and the propaganda BS of party politics, and examine the root causes that pushed our problem to the level they are today.

Or, are you one of those that play the party blame game, and not understanding nor realizing exactly how politics adversely affects all of us, regardless of race or nationality?

The war on poverty is lost, just like the war on drugs. I never said it was a political problem, I said it's a failure to apply one's self and get ahead, even with trillions of dollars spent they can't get it done. Why?

They can't get it done due to no real effort, no sound doable workable plan, political agendas, addressing the wrong problems, and not assigning the right resources to the situation. They make a half-hearted effort, then claim there's no money to continue and go beyond first steps. No one has made an honest effort to address poverty, homelessness, jobs, nor what it takes to be productive and self-supporting. Without encouragement and real opportunities, any program for those less fortunate will fail. We spend more money and resources on wars, bailouts, subsidies, and foreign aid than we spend on the well-being and prosperity of our citizens.

People respond to encouragement and real opportunities. People want to realize their dreams and to be self-supporting and enjoy life. When we push people aside, neglect them, make excuses for them, give them false hope, and treat them as liabilities instead of an asset, what can we expect from them?

You are born into life, what you make of that life is up to you. I'm a realist, you have "the dream"

You are born into life and what you make of it is up to where you start out. Trust me, nitwit, the kids growing up on the Upper East SIde do way better than the kids in your trailer park in Indianapolis.

 

[Sonny Clark]

No one should be treated any differently than anyone else. FYI - they are arrested whether they commit a crime or not. EXAMPLE: Mr. Gray.

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.

 

[Flopper]

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

The payback is not in dollars and cents. It's less crime and unemployment, or maybe just a bit slower growth rate. Fixing social problems are the most difficult problems a nation faces. Often money is spent and it fails to accomplish anything. However, to do nothing as many on the Right favor guarantees failure.

It's already at failure level and has been for years

That depends on your definition of failure.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

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

The payback is not in dollars and cents. It's less crime and unemployment, or maybe just a bit slower growth rate. Fixing social problems are the most difficult problems a nation faces. Often money is spent and it fails to accomplish anything. However, to do nothing as many on the Right favor guarantees failure.

It's already at failure level and has been for years

That depends on your definition of failure.

Baltimore, Oakland, Detroit...need I keep going?

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

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.