Posted on 09/04/2012 5:37:03 AM PDT by Travis McGee
She has six kids. Do you think she would be able to get a job in one day? Everything she has known her entire life has been that the system delivers, and it sometimes delivers faster if you push it and complain.
What do you expect her to do! What would you do in her shoes?
The frightening thing about Matt's essay is that everything follows pretty well *if* the cards do not work for an extended period.
Therefore, it is in all our interests to insure that the cards work at least somewhat, and do *not* go out for extended periods. It may even work better if the recipients get used to the cards not working for a few hours, or a day at a time. That would build some resiliency into the system.
This is a very bad scenario that we *do not* want to happen. Welfare reform moved a lot of people out of welfare. The crime rate is going down, which means that the number of really nasty hard cases out there is likely going down too.
We can work our way out of this problem without a crash and CW2. It can be done.
Thanks for the essay, I have sent it to some friends since you posted it. I see Ann Barnhardt blogged about it too. Good.
Take care!
Here are three graphs of homicides and where they occurred in Chicago. Calling someone “RACIST” is a nasty accusation. Now TM and LF, feel free to research the demographics of the tag marks on these Chicago Murder Maps. I personally cannot imagine someone behaving better under worse economic conditions. But may be I have a negative view of the human condition.
The Red Eye Map has brief descriptions of each violent attack. The Google Map is from 2009 and is very dramatic and is the reason I linked it. The Chicago City boundaries are clearly marked in the Business Insider graph. When analyzing the Business Insider graph, let us just say it would have been safe for Obama’s “white” grandmother to walk the streets in those neighborhoods where there are no tags.
Redeye
http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/
Google Murder Map of 2009
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&source=embed&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113815459076713258356.000463b77495ac9c316f8
Business Insider 2012 to date
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-map-of-chicagos-2012-homicides-shows-what-its-like-to-have-dozens-of-shootings-every-weekend-2012-7
Search
Google: Murder Map Chicago
That half will be a minority in the vigilante corps.
We’ll never know — but they are buying an awful lot of ammo for their HSA population, current or potential.
Don’t think you were ‘up close & personal’ at the 1965 Los Angeles riots. I was.
You’re probably right about that.
My point was, for anyone who thought a 2-second interval between aimed shots with a semi-auto rifle was fast, that it can be beaten, with practice, with a bolt-action rifle.
Government can shut phone services in specific or broad areas, including cellular. Even local police agencies have asked the FCC for policy permission to shut down cell services in their locales. Don’t know how that request was answered. Government can also shut down Internet service, although any such shutdown would affect very large areas, AFAIK.
With a 70% illegitimate-birth rate?
“What do you expect her to do! What would you do in her shoes? “
For one, not have six bastards.
Already done. Cannot take it back. We have to work for a soft landing. A crash will be very, very bad, and I am far better prepared than most. We do *not* want CW2. Gradual weening off the freebies is the way to go. Welfare reform was a good start. Obamacare is a huge step in the wrong direction.
I am convinced that a soft landing is possible.
The product of increasing welfare payments for more out of wedlock children.
I was in Balt and witnessed it first hand. First, the death of King was not comparable to ending welfare. Second, all of the rioting was in the black community. It was lawless thugs and thieves, not a principled reaction to oppression.
Never said you used that imagery. Your belief, however, that blacks will riot and pillage when their benefits stop is pure racism.
It’s not so much a question of if the gravy train stops.
It’s a question of if the train stops.
You’re completely missing Travis’ point. He’s talking what happens when FOOD RUNS OUT. Healing doesn’t ensue when few have eaten for three days.
Tack away!
“Welfare reform was a good start. “
That was 15 years ago. Nothing happened after that. Soft landing isn’t possible. We now have too many taking a check and I, for one, am tired of paying for it all.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!
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