Re: Can we stop this nonsense
Social welfare programs are a big part of why they are IN poverty. The rate of poverty is not any lower in the US since LBJ greatly expanded social welfare programs in the "war on poverty," but the rate of dependency on government has exploded. Marriage and intact families are way down, crime is way up. Dysfunctional communities that tolerate criminality and eschew education are the norm in the poor neighborhoods.
It's not about racial bias of US police. It's about blacks committing way more than their share of crimes relative to their slice of the population at large. They are 12-13% of the US population, but are responsible for over half of the murder-- and the biggest majority of these murders are against other blacks. Would it be better if the cops started going easy on black criminals who principally victimize other blacks? If they did, people would be complaining that black communities receive inadequate policing and that other neighborhoods receive better protection. It would be a valid complaint.
A lot of people are trying to provide better educational opportunities in poorer urban communities. Unfortunately, the very victims of these poor schools repeatedly vote for candidates who are in the pocket of teachers' unions, which stubbornly oppose any and all attempts to provide school choice or to base promotions and rate of pay on the quality of teachers rather than seniority. The teachers' unions scream bloody murder if anyone tries to impose any form of meritocracy upon them, or if they try to dismiss incompetent teachers or administrators. It's nearly impossible to fire an incompetent teacher in a public school.
In short, you're asking for more of the same policies that created the problems in the first place.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
