Posted on 10/27/2008 9:55:00 PM PDT by GoingBacktoCali
Here's a description of a 2003 bill Obama co-sponsored in the Illinois state senate that would have mandated the construction of new housing projects for the homeless:
Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Illinois Housing Initiative Act of 2003. Requires that a task force, composed of all key State agencies with functions related to housing and other experts in housing, develop an annual comprehensive housing plan that prioritizes the development of a range of permanent housing for certain underserved populations, including low-income and homeless persons.
Boy, that sounds like a great idea -- housing projects for the homeless. This is exactly the type of "economic justice" Obama will pursue if elected president. You work hard, you play by the rules, you try to save a little money for your family and then ...
(Excerpt) Read more at neoconlatina.blogspot.com ...
(shaking head)... will they never learn? the affordable housing gambit is the surest path to lack of affordable housing. take away the profit incentive for building homes, and homes cease to be built. duh. of course, the next step (outright public housing) leads to people fleeing to gated communities and ever further away suburbs. just when public housing is on the decline and a measure of prosperity is returning in most urban centers, they wanna do it all over again.
“There you go again Barry.”
anyone got that ‘not this crap again’ guy?
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