Posted on 11/26/2014 8:59:42 AM PST by Republicanprofessor
As we see rioters destroying downtown Ferguson and demonstrating in other cities, it occurs to me that the time is ripe for Republicans to offer their solutions to inner city problems. Black Americans have been beholden to Democrats since the 1960s, and has their lot improved? I do not have the statistics handy; I’ll let others work those up. But it is my impression that most inner city Americans are worse off in terms of lower incomes, higher unemployment, poorer education, greater dependence upon food stamps, etc. As I try to defend Republican policies on social media, my Democratic friends are skeptical that the “evil” Republicans can offer improvements. Thus it is the ideal time for vocal and coherent policies to be offered and debated by Republicans.
Even liberals like Fox’s Bob Beckel agree that the Democrats have been primarily responsible for the disaster of our inner cities, with their welfare/no workfare programs, the lack of responsibility in terms of fatherhood, the astronomical abortion rates, etc. Young men seem to have few alternatives to gangs and criminal pursuits. Let’s offer ideas to turn this around. We need to increase opportunities and responsibility. Welfare should require work, even volunteer hours, for those physically capable. We need to reduce benefits, ease people off welfare and move them into jobs. We need to encourage fathers to stay with the mothers they bed and the children that result. Young black fathers need to feel the joy of the birth of their offspring, not the frustration of being cut off from these families so the governmental benefits continue.
In the past, I remember Republicans offering policies to improve education, school choice and competition. We need to eliminate the farce that is Common Core. We need to return the power and choices of education to local schools and local families. We need to rework assessment so that there is less dependence upon test scores and more upon critical thinking. We need to brainstorm across the aisle to improve the challenge and excitement of education.
We need to make the inner cities prosperous again. We need to reinstate enterprise zones and to reduce bureaucracy and paperwork for new businesses. We need to encourage single mothers and others to begin their own businesses. We need to study the impediments and frustrations of new businesses and propose solutions that work.
We need to make higher education more affordable, with loans offered at very low interest and with business and entrepreneurship courses. We need to spark interest in success and to make it possible. We need to show how hard work can be a reward in and of itself. Almost a third of the millennial generation show no interest in working for a living. We need to turn this around.
These are just a few ideas; I know that our rising Republican stars can come up with many more ideas. But now is the time to act, while the issues are fresh and Republicans are on the rise. Show the country that we can make a difference. And as Republicans make such suggestions and then their policies, we need also to listen to and respect Democratic ideas. When we disagree, we need to do so rationally, pointing up the deficits of programs like Common Core. We need to avoid the pitfalls of calling those we disagree with by names (which is, of course, a favorite Democratic ploy). We are above that. We need to encourage critical thinking just by how we debate the issues.
The time is ripe to appeal to those people who are frustrated with Democratic policies and who have never considered Republican alternatives. We need to show that the Republican approach to smaller government and more local control, with greater competition and individual responsibility, is the way to go.
Attitudes have to change within that community before outside solutions have even the slightest hope of success.
Lower taxes, create jobs.
The thought of Boehner and McConnell actually thinking through an issue of national importance to future of our society, much less proposing real solutions, is laughable. They are much too busy having dinner with the K street lobbyists discussing how the spoils will be divided beginning in January.
Politicians of both political parties are willing accomplices to the destruction of our culture and our civilization. They will not provide the solution.
Stop giving away the pu***y to every thug you meet.
Black America’s problems can only be solved by Black America.
When someone is digging a hole, no need to help.
Attitudes is just one thing.
Govt. has to stop subsidizing a “dependence” society (i.e., like feeding the bears - “they will become dependent”), a culture that glorifies crime, drugs, rap, single mothers, having babies out of wedlock and disparages an education/good grades (’being white’) and a work ethic.
A culture that was alien to the black community just 60 years ago is now idolized.
And a socialist government and liberal media and non-black society all glorify the culture.
This is way bigger than just attitudes. It includes the environment that cultivates and encourages the attitudes......
IMHO, of course......
ending the free stuff will force the gibsmedats to change or starve
The world does not need to insure they can live while being totally irresponsible for their own survival
Getting rid of the black liberation Theologists and Marxist 60’s radicals is a start.
Drug test for welfare.
Fixed...
“Nuke ‘em. Nuke the bastards.” - President Tom Whitmore
ALL my life, and I'm no longer a kid, there have been an endless succession of proposals and programs for the "Inner City". Not much for the suburbs, we get by just fine on our own - we work when the socialists don't make it impossible, so I'm fed up with giving handouts, and liberal social programs to those who won't help themselves, and those taking any and every opportunity to riot, loot and follow the lead of Sharpton, Jesse and Hussein. Their actions sure ain't the way to make me want to give them any more money! They can follow their antiCHRIST hussein straight to Hell!
Don’t work, don’t eat.
You forgot academia. It needs reform. its the heart of destructive post modernism and until we rreform it it will continue to produce step ford student hell bent on putting their ideology into action. Stop sending your kids to be brainwashed by cultural degenerates and ideologues.
Here is an article from Time Magazine, 1958
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810262,00.html
“In 1,551 U.S. cities, according to the FBI tally for 1956, Negroes, making up 10% of the U.S. population, accounted for about 30% of all arrests, and 60% of the arrests for crimes involving violence or threat of bodily harm—murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In one city after another, the figures—where they are not hidden or suppressed by politicians—reveal a shocking pattern. “
White people in this country have been trying to figure out for a VERY long time what they have been doing wrong, and what they can do to fix the black crime rate.
We need to stop importing massive numbers of foreign workers to compete with Americans for jobs. Obama’s executive amnesty will hurt minorities most of all and particularly those who live in urban areas.
We need to make higher education more affordable, with loans offered at very low interest and with business and entrepreneurship courses.
This isn't a new idea, it's more of the same that produced the current astronomical tuitions and fees. What we need is accreditation reform and reduced but more targeted student aid.
Sure it is. Perfect time.
Do not allow them to vote until they’ve reached a certain proficiency in civic knowledge and virtue. Offer them training in both. Schools are key, and at an *early age.*
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