StreetScooby

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    At that time, Detroit was facing two issues - the housing crisis and the automotive bankruptcies. This resulted in many suburbanites losing their jobs and their homes. Many took early retirement, while others took advantage of unemployment insurance. They used this as an opportunity to move further north into developing rural areas an simplify their lives.



    Curious, how do you know they moved north?

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    ...by that violent sub-culture...



    What ever verbiage ends up being developed in this thread, so that we can have the conversation America needs to have, must have the "violence component" explicit in its context. Right now, while Chris Rock can use the unspeakable-word, we can't. But, we need to have a speakable-word to actually have the conversation. It's critical, and we really need to figure this out.

    If we can't have this conversation in Speaker's Corner, then we can't have this conversation anywhere in America, IMO.
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    I know it's possible to fix it, but the uncertainty in America's future right now seems to create a tendency to leave these issues on the back burner until other underlying issues are sorted out.



    Politically I am "non-affiliated", and have been for decades.
    I view myself as a moderate conservative, and a fiscal hawk.

    The Obama administration has doubled the debt of America over the course of his two terms.

    During Obama's first run, I would have conversations with liberal folks about America's debt.
    Every single one of them scoffed at it, and said it didn't matter.
    And I would be gob smacked. How do you continue that conversation?

    Every western democracy, especially us, is poised for a catastrophic financial event.
    One that will fundamentally alter our quality of life, in material ways.
    And it is dialed in.
    The Federal Reserve Bank may soon start charging negative interest rates.
    And other central banks are now charging negative interest.
    And they get up in front of cameras, and make it sound like they know what they're doing.
    Even worse, they want more control over our lives.
    Hey, no more $100 bills.
    You want to take you money out of the bank because of negative interest rates?
    Bring a wheel barrow, because we're giving you all 20s, $1000/day at time.
    If, the bank manager approves it.

    Those $325,000 "children" simply will not be sustainable.
    That will happen in our life time if America stays on its current path.
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    There are many powers the federal government should not have.



    +1

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    Deciding who gets to reproduce is very close to the top of the list.



    Wow, what a confusing statement coming from you in the current context of this thread.

    Over my time on this website, I've had the privilege to have had substantive conversations with you that impressed upon me you knew what you're talking about, from which I profited, ... when it comes to technical topics (...and there have been many we've discussed).

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    Evolutionary pressures. It's what we evolved to do, and it is our "default" behavior.



    So, out of curiosity, how did you become such a "compassionate" person?
    And, yes I mean the quotes right now. We'll resolve that later.

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    Would it be logical to do after a dispassionate consideration of available resources, desired quality of life and a judgment of what would be best for one's (hypothetical) children? No. But that's logic vs. basic behavioral drives.



    You sound like winsor, not that there's anything wrong with that.
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    ...reference to Donald Trump



    I try and read several newspapers per day, in print (...outside of what I read on the internet). My ride into and out of the city each day affords me this time (including a bit of time at the local pub to decompress :)1) NY Post - a conservative newspaper.
    2) NY Daily News - a reliably moderate liberal newspaper, that goes unstable when discussing guns, and now Donald Trump.
    3) Wall Street Journal - another conservative newspaper.

    The NY Daily News is now reporting that Donald and Putin are in cahoots.

    It is beyond ridiculous.
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    subset of the inner-city Negro population.



    I continue to "furnace forge" my thoughts on this matter, and the quoted phrase above, albeit a long one, encompasses the group of people who are violent and are being legitimized by the Obama administration. And cops are being hunted now.

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    These programs supporting this population are an industry.



    I have managed to dig deeper into the "cottage" schools in my area, the "chancellor" of which is taking home $750,000 in pay each year.

    This organization is bringing in $119 million dollars per year. The breakdown, for around 350 "children" follows:
    1) Government revenue - $70 million dollars
    2) Medicaid - $30 million dollars
    3) Private support (etc.) - $5 million dollars
    4) Investment income - $10 million dollars

    That works out to over $325,000 dollars per "child".

    I am beyond stunned right now. I'm appalled.

    Ron has a valid point, without a doubt. This is an industry.

    And, our town police department are there around 6 times per day, for events that cops need to be called for.
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    The housing crisis came about and now there is nowhere else to turn, but to print money out of our ass.



    The Senate's inquiry into the mortgage crisis, and the subsequent report, were really well done, IMO. Here's the link to the report. I managed to read it over the course of a 3 day weekend (...it's all I did that weekend):
    The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

    Bottom line, the entire infrastructure for that market rotted. Read the Pinto dissent to gain more insight into how not to do this. Pinto was CFO for Freddie Mac at the time, and he nails it.

    I don't believe the small subset of black people that has been the focus of this thread were impacted by that crisis, though.
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    would probably require a Constitutional Amendment to make it viable



    We may need to go there to solve this problem. The Constitution is a living document, via the amendment process. We already have 27, the last being ratified in 1992.
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    I'd submit a year of national service (not necessarily military) when someone turns 18 or finishes high school (if they've dropped out they still serve). Just like in the military, CCC, or other programs, it's NOT close to home, and NOT with all the friends.



    Yep, maybe even 2 years. Too many people have lost sight of the fact that children need to be taught that it means something good to be an American.
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    ...especially if that government has massive debt issues. Smile



    That's another shocking thing to me right now. We are going to have a catastrophic financial shock to our country within our lifetimes, because we are mind boggling in debt and we keep printing money. Things that cannot go on, won't. There is no way we are going to continue paying for even the entitlements we have now, much less those "automatically projected" into the future. Bad things are dialed in, IMO.
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    But it still has nothing to do with the facts of the issue.



    So, look at Comey's language when describing how he wouldn't prosecute Hillary, but he would prosecute anyone else who tried that. Any rationale person can only look at Hillary as having gotten away with a crime, and a serious one at that. Yet, the "facts" are she was not indicted.

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    The money is a separate issue and you still shouldn't be surprised people are making money off the conflict.



    Follow the money. No truer statement has ever been said.
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    Is it?



    Yeah, it is.

    I've really been "furnace forging" my thoughts with this thread. This is important. Our federal administration has legitimized a grievance group, and now cops are being hunted.

    This is bad. Really, really, really bad. It's got to stop.

    I mentioned in an earlier post the "cottage" school in my town. Our town police are actually answering calls there about 6 times a day (I was corrected from my 3 times per day estimate in that post). This site is run by a Jewish charity. Simple statement of fact, I'm not making it up. I don't know the details (...yet). I recently found out the "chancellor" is bringing in $750K/year. That's some pretty serious money. One of the things I'm taking out of this thread is to pursue more information about them. Along the way, I expect to pick up and hear the language for describing their mission. Right now where I'm at, and wanting to do here, I expect their vocabulary will be material.

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    Because to me it sounds like virtually every political issue in the entire country.



    I think that is a fair statement. And I really love it when someone can make a simple point that sticks. I'm going to add this one to the lenses I use.

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    With that in mind, the fact of money going to both sides should algebraically cancel each other out.



    If the government is funding both sides, maybe not so much.

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    The money aspect should probably not be a factor in whether you think a position is good or bad.



    Agreed.
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    How do you figure?



    Well, for the vast majority of people I would expect that to be an incredibly emotional decision.

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    If you are in such bad shape that you will give up the possibility of having accidental kids, taking unexpected offspring out of the equation is doing you a favor.



    That's a completely detached thought, not connected at all to what a person would also feel. I'm not sure the audience you're looking to sterilize will be able to appreciate that point.

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    If you want to address poverty, the only way is to reduce the number of the poverty-stricken.



    And there are a lot of ways to do that. There is no short term solution to this issue.

    If charter schools can break the liberal union strangle hold on public schools, that in itself will be a huge step in the right direction. Education is critical to the functioning of a civil society. Even better, charter schools in NYC are good at instilling a personal sense of responsibility in their students. That begets a virtuous upward cycle. NYC charter school kids are experiencing what it takes to partake in the fruits of your labor in America.

    Giving out money isn't working. IIRC, entitlements take up over 50% of the federal budget. That is unsustainable.

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    If you have a better way, let me know. I'm all ears.



    I'm thankful there are thinking people still involved in this thread. We're all still here, working on it. I'm convinced something productive will come out of this thread.
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    Hear me out before you jump: I believe in this course of action, because I'm my experience - seeing someone succeed is the best teaching tool. It has been for me. Hopefully it will encourage those that have worked to overcome the disabilities inherent in their economic scale, to not give up so easily.



    Sounds reasonable to me.
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    >There is a huge difference when using a word for hatred and discrimination and for
    >example, using that word to point out the absurdity/stupidity/bias/reality of the hate
    >and discrimination.

    Agreed. And in this case he specifically used it to refer to lazy, uncivilized blacks who have too many kids.



    There is nothing hateful in what I'm saying, nor do I discriminate because of skin color. If you're seeing that, you haven't been reading what I'm posting.
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    the black community is going to have to fix this, because it's so obvious that we aren't gonna do a damn thing about it except throw more food stamps at the them.



    What is being done simply is not working. And it hasn't been working for 50 years now. Something has to change.
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    A condition of receiving public assistance is REVERSIBLE sterilization.



    Ah, that's too much, IMO.

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    I would like to live and work in an environment where ethnicity was not a factor. I bridle against people who take offense at having a big deal made of their ethnicity, but reserve the right to make a big deal about their ethnicity - you can't have it both ways.



    Yes, one can make the reasonable observation that there are folks that don't want to be judged by the color of their skin, then spend quite a bit of time talking about the color of their skin.

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    Having to mince words regarding racial groups is racist, and I find it offensive.



    That seems to be where we are. And we can't have the conversation our country needs to have with that philosophy.
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