[Alberta's Child]

What we all have to understand is that the permanent black underclass in this country is a perpetuating problem because a lot of people, companies and institutions have a financial interest in perpetuating it. In essence, permanent poverty has become a huge industry in this country -- not for the people you see rioting in Baltimore, but for a whole army of government bureaucrats and private companies who thrive on them.

The urban underclass is like a fleet of cars that breaks down continuously, never gets fixed properly, and is a huge drain on the owner's resources. The mechanics who work on these cars don't want the owner to get new cars (for obvious reasons), and because the government owns the cars there is plenty of political influence to keep the owner from replacing them.

[randita]

The urban underclass is like a fleet of cars that breaks down continuously, never gets fixed properly, and is a huge drain on the owner's resources.

Good analogy, but I'd take it a step further. I would replace "never gets fixed properly" with "purposefully sabotaged".