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To reduce urban violence, let's consider the real causes — not guns, police or 'low' taxes
The Hill ^
| 08 18 2018
| CHRIS TALGO,
Posted on 08/18/2018 9:25:19 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: IronJack
Social Darwinism is thwarted from solving the problem.
To: yesthatjallen
Politicians from both parties have for decades been promising to improve inner-cities Democrats own the cities. Republicans have nothing to do with it anymore. It's not our problem.
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08/18/2018 1:48:35 PM PDT
by
Reeses
(A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
To: yesthatjallen
For decades, urban areas have been rife with pain and suffering due to violence. Life proper to a rational being requires a society of ordered liberty. It also requires that one be able to function in such a society. This requires proper development and acquisition of right character, consisting of rational virtues and competence. This is exactly what the leftard nanny state prevents, which leads to a culture of parasitic looters and moochers.
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posted on
08/18/2018 3:16:09 PM PDT
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: yesthatjallen
Consider this: In the early 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty and launched his Great Society initiatives, a massive government effort to provide housing, medical care, and other benefits to poverty-ridden areas, especially in urban centers. Trillions of dollars later, has poverty decreased since the Great Society reforms were passed? No. Shortly after Johnson tried and failed to eradicate poverty, President Richard Nixon announced a war on drugs, and so began the governments attempt to rein in the thriving urban illicit drug industry. Has drug use decreased since this proclaimed war on drugs? No.
Yup - two failed big-government programs that conservatives should denounce.
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08/18/2018 3:43:57 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: arrogantsob
Well thankful my IQ is normal and I work in the IT field, plus my family is very intelligent, guess I was lucky.
To: the_individual2014
As you said we are all individuals.
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08/18/2018 10:54:26 PM PDT
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arrogantsob
(See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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