[DouglasKC]

I wish it were that easy. Far too many in that pool are unemployable; they lack skills, education, work ethic and basic socialization. I would love to see that pool tapped and converted into employed and productive people. But it will take a sea change in culture to do it.

That was exactly the way it was when Henry Ford built his first plant. Well except maybe for the work ethic.

[henkster]

No, not all inner city residents are criminals, and inside every human is a desire to be productive in their lives. But the culture in which they live you find every reason NOT to be that productive person. In Henry Ford’s day, they had an intact family unit with positive role models who instilled a desire for betterment in their children. We don’t have nearly enough of that today, because the progressive welfare state has bred them to be dependent and to covet their status as victims.

That is the culture that needs to change.