[grania]

It's more complicated than that. I'm wondering if the local pols are useful idiots. (That Baltimore mayor sure qualifies for the idiot part.) These inner city revitalization plans are going on everywhere, to the immense profit of those connected for the construction contracts. One suspects the local pols are generously thanked for the business.

But the cities complicit in the rioting? I doubt it. I suspect every city's leadership must realize that the growth is quite fragile. People will change their mind about inner city living, businesses will move out as quickly as they moved in, and tourists will avoid any city where they fear chaos.

But, yeah, it sure does look like some elements among our masters want to get hold of the real estate and maybe some cheap abandoned property. It sure isn't about a better life for the abandoned class that lives there.

[donna]

I don't think Democrats understand how free enterprise works. Plus, they think short term.

They want the federal government to subsidize jobs and businesses - joint enterprises.

I mean, Democrats think the minimum wage is for families to live on.