Lieutenant Colonel Allen West: Politics and Black History

[Dot Com]

:yawn: PoliticalSpice is like a slo-mo, train wreck lol

 

[PoliticalChic]

:yawn: PoliticalSpice is like a slo-mo, train wreck lol

Oooo....

...you just can't bring yourself to come to grips with your fear of honesty, huh?

Liberalism is at the least, a failure, and at the most, a genocidal campaign against blacks.
True story.

 

[Dot Com]

whatever you have to tell yourself PoliticalSpice.

Why is it your heroes aren't happy unless they're on a taxpayer-funded payroll & doing nothing to earn it?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

He is a modern day Harriet Tubman. lol

As is Obama, (stupid) lol

 

[depotoo]

You ignore and then try to bury where you have been answered, not to your liking.


Let's see, he has written a book, opened a jrotc foundation , another foundation (they supply scholarships) and is ceo of acompany that has been around for 31 years. (Not his)

What have you done over the last few years?

whatever you have to tell yourself PoliticalSpice.


Why is it your heroes aren't happy unless they're on a taxpayer-funded payroll & doing nothing to earn it?

whatever you have to tell yourself PoliticalSpice.

Why is it your heroes aren't happy unless they're on a taxpayer-funded payroll & doing nothing to earn it?

 

[mdk]

He is a modern day Harriet Tubman. lol

As is Obama, (stupid) lol

No, I am pretty sure neither are modern a day Harriet Tubman.

 

[danielpalos]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

Both terms, to promote and provide for the general welfare are expressly declared and enumerated in our supreme law of the land; should there be any need to quibble in legal venues.

 

[PoliticalChic]

whatever you have to tell yourself PoliticalSpice.

Why is it your heroes aren't happy unless they're on a taxpayer-funded payroll & doing nothing to earn it?

What makes you think that black folks aren't as capable as any other group?

That query may require cogitation on your part....


Careful....if this is the first time you've tried to think you could wind up with an aneurysm!

 

[PoliticalChic]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

Both terms, to promote and provide for the general welfare are expressly declared and enumerated in our supreme law of the land; should there be any need to quibble in legal venues.

What terms?

Are you referring to welfare....if so, you are incorrect.

 

[danielpalos]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.

4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

Both terms, to promote and provide for the general welfare are expressly declared and enumerated in our supreme law of the land; should there be any need to quibble in legal venues.

What terms?

Are you referring to welfare....if so, you are incorrect.

Both terms, to promote and provide for the general welfare are expressly declared and enumerated in our supreme law of the land; should there be any need to quibble in legal venues.

 

[healthmyths]

Didn't you all hear? Allen West is a known communist, seems he accused others of being communists in congress, but a thorough investigation of his home found numerous products made in a communist country. Allen tried to defend his support of communism but everyone just laughed saying you're as dumb as they come commie sympathizer. He had a hard time understanding the meaning of the laugh but then being an idiot that's not surprising.

Actually you are a liar! Prove that Allen West is a KNOWN communist!

 

[danielpalos]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote regarding the "general Welfare" clause:

To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
US Department of the Treasury

Founding.com A Project of the Claremont Institute

 

[danielpalos]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote regarding the "general Welfare" clause:

To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
US Department of the Treasury

Founding.com A Project of the Claremont Institute

He only means that, all things being equal. Otherwise, we have a general welfare clause that requires income redistribution to promote it. The same can be said of the common defense.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote regarding the "general Welfare" clause:

To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
US Department of the Treasury

Founding.com A Project of the Claremont Institute

He only means that, all things being equal. Otherwise, we have a general welfare clause that requires income redistribution to promote it. The same can be said of the common defense.

Only a moron would believe in the Marxist mantra, 'income redistribution.'

Raise your paw.

 

[danielpalos]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote regarding the "general Welfare" clause:

To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
US Department of the Treasury

Founding.com A Project of the Claremont Institute

He only means that, all things being equal. Otherwise, we have a general welfare clause that requires income redistribution to promote it. The same can be said of the common defense.

Only a moron would believe in the Marxist mantra, 'income redistribution.'

Raise your paw.

Only the right is that cognitively dissonant; providing for the General welfare requires income redistribution as does providing for the specific welfare, as in the example of private laws in the US.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Former Representative West never holds back. Here, he paints a picture of the mistake it is to rely on the motives, and the ability, of big unrestricted government.




1.".... as people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans.

2. ... the demand that the “more” must be done by government through a stronger safety net, wealth redistribution and mandated equality measures overshadows the years of evidence that indicate more often than not, government programs fail.

3. [Well intentioned programs] disincentivize wise choices, diminish individual will, limit educational opportunities, and create burdensome regulations that hinder entrepreneurship and increase the cost of living for families embracing the notion that advancement is their responsibility.





4. .... urban planning, for example. “Smart growth” measures implemented by cities that are designed to reduce urban sprawl, which prices lower- and middle-income families out of the housing market by limiting the quantity of housing, the land available for housing, and the types of housing that are allowed.


5. Housing economist Wendell Cox finds that the white home ownership rate is 50 percent above the rates for Hispanic and African-American households, and he attributes much of this difference to prescriptive zoning, which drives up the cost of housing. Government-driven solutions declaring a right to own a home is not the answer. That [Democrat] philosophy led to the subprime mortgage crisis.



6. In the area of education, charter schools offer parents — particularly those in urban areas — educational options for their children where previously they were relegated to a failing public school. Charter schools are smaller than conventional public schools and serve a disproportionate and increasing number of poor and minority students.

7. ... according to the Center for Education Reform, charter school students are more likely to be proficient in reading and math than students in neighboring conventional schools, achieving the greatest gains among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students. So why would the first African-American president cancel the District of Columbia’s school voucher program in April 2009 for deserving minority school children in one of America’s worse school districts?




8. Proponents of higher minimum wages say they will help the working poor, yet they often price the lowest-skilled workers out of the market so they essentially earn nothing.

Black teenagers are at the greatest risk of being priced out of the labor market. From 1948 to 1955, unemployment of black and white teenage males was essentially the same — 11.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. However, after the minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1 in 1956, unemployment rose significantly for both black and white teenage males, with blacks bearing more of the burden.

By 1969, the unemployment rate was 22.7 percent for black teenage males and 14.6 percent for white teenage males. Today, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is close to 40 percent — and we wonder what is happening in our inner cities with rising criminal activity, especially with black males."
ALLEN WEST AND PAMELA VILLARREAL Nanny state takes toll on black America - Washington Times



Big government: three strikes and you're out....?

I believe the right needs to get a clue and a Cause; the Only time the right has any problem with "income redistribution" is when other peoples money is not used to bailout the wealthiest.

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote regarding the "general Welfare" clause:

To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
US Department of the Treasury

Founding.com A Project of the Claremont Institute

He only means that, all things being equal. Otherwise, we have a general welfare clause that requires income redistribution to promote it. The same can be said of the common defense.

Only a moron would believe in the Marxist mantra, 'income redistribution.'

Raise your paw.

Only the right is that cognitively dissonant; providing for the General welfare requires income redistribution as does providing for the specific welfare, as in the example of private laws in the US.

Let's see if you are educable:


What if everyone starts off with the same amount of money?


“….by the end of the first year, some people will have more than others.Guaranteed. Some people, you see, will be careful with what they have. Others won’t. Some people will gamble, others will save. Some will spend lavishly, others will be frugal.

Besides that, some people simply have more of the kind of wealth that can’t be redistributed. Intelligence; education; ambition. Drive, as opposed to: aw, we’re gonna get what we’re gonna get anyway, so let’s just stay on the couch and watch TV. Some people will put a little giddy-up in their get-alongs, and will find ways to improve their own lives.

Some of that will be “unfair,” because some people have more and better resources to tap. Intelligence; talent; family. Even accounting for such differences, though: some people will turn what they have into more, while others will not. Therefore, by the end of the very first year (not to mention the first five or ten) “haves” and “have-nots” will appear.

I know what you’re thinking.Crap.I thought wehadit this time.Fairness!And this return to economic inequity will happen, I daresay, even under the strictest Communist policies.

I’ll come back to that.

After ten, twenty, thirty years, those discrepancies will widen. A middle class will form. An upper economic class, and a lower economic class. These classes will not be dead ends: people will be able to move from one to another and back again. But they’ll reappear, despite the original, radical redistribution of wealth.

So: let’s take this exercise further.Rather than a one-time redistribution of wealth, let’s redistribute every year. Every April 23 – Michael Moore’s birthday – all wealth is redistributed. All wages set by Central Command. Everyone is as equal as it’s possible to make them. Even individual advantages are nullified.

Not really, but we’ll come back to that, too.

Obviously, that system does away with any incentive to create. It removes any incentive to save; to be frugal; to work hard. Because no matter what you do, what you get is predetermined.

And yet, by April 22 of the following year, some people willstillhave more than others. And they’llkeepit.

How can that be? Simple. Even state-enforced economic “equality” did not –cannot – make everyone “equal.” It can only change the attributes that are most important to getting ahead.

Sucking up to your superiors becomes more important than working hard.Figuring out which bureaucrats can do the most for you, and ingratiating yourself to them.

Using the power of government to get you ahead, instead of creating, making, building, selling. Improving technical or academic skills? What for? Improvingpoliticalskills.That’swhat makes a difference.

You may recognize a little of our current system there. More and more, becoming a “have” in our society requires entering the bureaucracy, or getting the bureaucracy on your side.

Even the hard working entrepreneurs and innovators among us increasingly need the bureaucracy’s help. Vast mazes of regulations give bureaucracies vast power over both you and your competitors. Government can make or break an industry. Make or break a company. It can increase the cost of entry beyond plausibility, or it can make that cost go away.

In the free market, wealth comes from work. The closer we move toward socialism, the more wealth comes from power. That’s the difference. The similarity: wealth still exists in relatively few hands.”
What if we just gave everybody the same amount of wealth John Hawkins Right Wing News



So much for 'income redistribution.'

 

[Clementine]

1. He's not a "Lieutenant Colonel".
2. He wasn't a congressman long enough to be called "former".
3. He's frootier than a nutcake.

Congressman says ISIS will use southern border to enter US: Muslim prayer rug found on Arizona border


Written by Allen West on July 11, 2014

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In fact ...

Conservatives freak out after mistaking soccer jersey for ‘Muslim prayer rug’ left at border
According to Adam Weinstein at Gawker, the “rug” is actually a diamond-patterned Adidas soccer jersey.

Did West ever publish a retraction for his knee jerk stupidity?

Let's see, ISIS has already said they are coming here. Sadly, they have made good on their threats and continue to behave in the most barbaric way possible. Our southern border is wide open. And you think it's unlikely that terrorists will come through?

 

[NYcarbineer]

1. He's not a "Lieutenant Colonel".
2. He wasn't a congressman long enough to be called "former".
3. He's frootier than a nutcake.

Congressman says ISIS will use southern border to enter US: Muslim prayer rug found on Arizona border


Written by Allen West on July 11, 2014

Share!

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In fact ...

Conservatives freak out after mistaking soccer jersey for ‘Muslim prayer rug’ left at border
According to Adam Weinstein at Gawker, the “rug” is actually a diamond-patterned Adidas soccer jersey.

Did West ever publish a retraction for his knee jerk stupidity?

Let's see, ISIS has already said they are coming here. Sadly, they have made good on their threats and continue to behave in the most barbaric way possible. Our southern border is wide open. And you think it's unlikely that terrorists will come through?

Will they have the Mexicans teach them how to cram 30,000 troops into a mini-van?

 

[Clementine]

Let's see if you are educable:


What if everyone starts off with the same amount of money?


“….by the end of the first year, some people will have more than others.Guaranteed. Some people, you see, will be careful with what they have. Others won’t. Some people will gamble, others will save. Some will spend lavishly, others will be frugal.

Besides that, some people simply have more of the kind of wealth that can’t be redistributed. Intelligence; education; ambition. Drive, as opposed to: aw, we’re gonna get what we’re gonna get anyway, so let’s just stay on the couch and watch TV. Some people will put a little giddy-up in their get-alongs, and will find ways to improve their own lives.

Some of that will be “unfair,” because some people have more and better resources to tap. Intelligence; talent; family. Even accounting for such differences, though: some people will turn what they have into more, while others will not. Therefore, by the end of the very first year (not to mention the first five or ten) “haves” and “have-nots” will appear.

I know what you’re thinking.Crap.I thought wehadit this time.Fairness!And this return to economic inequity will happen, I daresay, even under the strictest Communist policies.

I’ll come back to that.

After ten, twenty, thirty years, those discrepancies will widen. A middle class will form. An upper economic class, and a lower economic class. These classes will not be dead ends: people will be able to move from one to another and back again. But they’ll reappear, despite the original, radical redistribution of wealth.

So: let’s take this exercise further.Rather than a one-time redistribution of wealth, let’s redistribute every year. Every April 23 – Michael Moore’s birthday – all wealth is redistributed. All wages set by Central Command. Everyone is as equal as it’s possible to make them. Even individual advantages are nullified.

Not really, but we’ll come back to that, too.

Obviously, that system does away with any incentive to create. It removes any incentive to save; to be frugal; to work hard. Because no matter what you do, what you get is predetermined.

And yet, by April 22 of the following year, some people willstillhave more than others. And they’llkeepit.

How can that be? Simple. Even state-enforced economic “equality” did not –cannot – make everyone “equal.” It can only change the attributes that are most important to getting ahead.

Sucking up to your superiors becomes more important than working hard.Figuring out which bureaucrats can do the most for you, and ingratiating yourself to them.

Using the power of government to get you ahead, instead of creating, making, building, selling. Improving technical or academic skills? What for? Improvingpoliticalskills.That’swhat makes a difference.

You may recognize a little of our current system there. More and more, becoming a “have” in our society requires entering the bureaucracy, or getting the bureaucracy on your side.

Even the hard working entrepreneurs and innovators among us increasingly need the bureaucracy’s help. Vast mazes of regulations give bureaucracies vast power over both you and your competitors. Government can make or break an industry. Make or break a company. It can increase the cost of entry beyond plausibility, or it can make that cost go away.

In the free market, wealth comes from work. The closer we move toward socialism, the more wealth comes from power. That’s the difference. The similarity: wealth still exists in relatively few hands.”

What if we just gave everybody the same amount of wealth John Hawkins Right Wing News

I have even made that argument in the past. We were a military family and had the same exact income as our neighbors on base. Even though we had more children than some, there were those deep in debt, drove clunkers and never seemed to have money for what they needed. On the other side, some people saved enough money to move out of base housing and purchased nice homes.

Most of the time, it comes down to personal decisions we make.

No one has ever said we should not help the disabled and downtrodden. For the able, it's about getting back up. Problem is that the left is quick to subsidize people, even before they fall. No one is more loyal than those who depend on someone from cradle to grave. Of course, you will vote for those responsible for your monthly check and the idea of work frightens some. Is it any wonder that welfare rolls have swelled over the years as less people make a good effort to strike out on their own. What hope is there for a person who doesn't even finish high school?

True that we will never be equal. Even if we redistributed all money and property, we would all be financially equal for one day. You can't redistribute integrity, work ethics or intelligence.

Doing it once would be like handing each person a lump of steel and telling them to get the most out of it. Some would sell it as a paperweight after having done nothing to it. Some would melt it and make nails, thereby earning more. The smart ones would melt it and create thousands of sewing needles and really earn a lot. It's all in how we approach things.

Since too many approach life with an entitlement mentality, true redistribution would be an ongoing thing and would result in less and less people willing and able to carry the load. That is why it fails every time it's tried.