Posted on 03/19/2006 9:12:59 PM PST by summer
"Stop blaming society"
I'm not blaming society.....merely pointing out that our current policy pits the lower wage earners who are Americans against illegals. I agree 100% that personal responsibility plays the biggest role in one's lot in life.
You're preaching to the choir. :)
We are in agreement.
It really is disgusting. The same thing happened during Katrina. Instead of helping the situation, many of the able-bodied men I saw were just whining like little biatches.
Hollywood's not hiring???
But seriously, this is a problem for black Americans. They continue to be unable to reproduce their numbers. Even with immigration from Africa, the number of black Americans continues to decline.
And horrible spending habits. From Detroit's Digital Voice Black Spending Habits
According to Target Market, a company that tracks black consumer spending, blacks spend a significant amount of their income on depreciable products.
In 2002, the year the economy nose-dived; we spent $22.9 billion on clothes, $3.2 billion on electronics and $11.6 billion on furniture to put into homes that, in many cases, were rented.
Among our favorite purchases are cars and liquor. Blacks make up only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for 30% of the country's Scotch consumption. Detroit, which is 80% black, is the world's No. 1 market for Cognac.
(...snip...)
There's more to the article.
Brought to you by America's first black President!!!!!!!
So life is not easy, this situation does not nor can never excuse crime and moral stagnation within any ethnic group.
Chinese and Hispanic groups do not suffer the same maladies yet they are impacted by competition with illegal immigrants.
Public assistance programs need to be repealed and charter school/ school compitition needs to be enacted. Too bad that the political party that receives 90% of black votes works to block all of these reforms...
I have properties in gentrifying neighborhoods located near ghettos.
I remember the first thing I noticed when driving through a ghetto early in the morning; it was the lack of rush hour. Furthermore, most of the early-morning drivers were women.
It seems that the ghetto society has decided that women are supposed to work and go to church, while men are supposed to play and commit crimes.
I know that's a generalization, but that's the impression that an outsider will get if he has to live or work in a ghetto temporarily.
[Full disclosure. Those generalities only apply to California and Florida, where I've lived most of my life. In constrast, during my visits to Georgia, I've noticed many black middle-class men who were well educated, soft spoken, and hard working.]
....still no reason for our government to aid illegals at the detriment of fellow Americans. You simply can not argue that point.
I agree.
I live and work in Richmond Virginia, and my staff is 99% black.
They think they should be given a standing ovation if they show up for work.
They have an "entitlement" mentality, and NEVER let work get in the way of a party.
They have no initiative to better their lives. They just want more babies.
I'm so frustrated. But, I didn't create the problem, and I sure as hell can't fix it. Bill Cosby tried, and his career is over.
Favorite purchases are cars and liquor?
Better add lottery tickets to that list!!
I received my California general contractor license in 1979 and your observations match what I've seen there.
(I now live in Oregon of course)
Your observation is really not a generalization.
Come to Richmond Virginia, and you'll find your observations VERY accurate.
Some black men have it harder. They are the ones who make wrong choices. The Bleck men who make the right choices, to stay in school, act responsibily, marry, to pay bills, show up on time for work, etc., do as well as any average American.
Bad choices lead to bad consequences, you know it from your own life experiences. Stop feeling sorry for the losers. In most cases they bring it on themselves. They will always be with us, black and white.
Some black men have it harder. They are the ones who make wrong choices. Black men who make the right choices, to stay in school, act responsibily, marry, to pay bills, show up on time for work, etc., do as well as any average American.
Bad choices lead to bad consequences, you know it from your own life experiences. Stop feeling sorry for the losers. In most cases they bring it on themselves. They will always be with us, black and white.
Some black men have it harder. They are the ones who make wrong choices. Black men who make the right choices, to stay in school, act responsibily, marry, to pay bills, show up on time for work, etc., do as well as any average American.
Bad choices lead to bad consequences, you know it from your own life experiences. Stop feeling sorry for the losers. In most cases they bring it on themselves. They will always be with us, black and white.
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