Homelessness is a growing problem in the South Bay, and I
commend Random Lengths News for discussing this issue. Many homeless suffer
from mental illness, including veterans struggling with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. Investments in proper treatment then training would tackle a number
of issues connected with homelessness.
commend Random Lengths News for discussing this issue. Many homeless suffer
from mental illness, including veterans struggling with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. Investments in proper treatment then training would tackle a number
of issues connected with homelessness.
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| Homeless Tent (Rodrigo) |
Aside from treating those individuals with mental health
concerns, what else can be done to alleviate poverty?
concerns, what else can be done to alleviate poverty?
Research has revealed that making it easier for people to
get a job is better than providing stuff from the state, all paid for by John Q.
Public. James Q. Wilson, professor of political science at UCLA, affirmed that
individuals can avoid poverty by doing three things: 1. Finish high school 2. Wait
until age 20 before getting married 3. Get married before having kids. How
often are these values promoted today?
get a job is better than providing stuff from the state, all paid for by John Q.
Public. James Q. Wilson, professor of political science at UCLA, affirmed that
individuals can avoid poverty by doing three things: 1. Finish high school 2. Wait
until age 20 before getting married 3. Get married before having kids. How
often are these values promoted today?
Now, let’s turn our focus to Baltimore, Maryland, where the
latest race riots broke out in the wake of purported police brutality.
latest race riots broke out in the wake of purported police brutality.
Matt Weurker’s inferences in his latest cartoon are
commendable, including the failing public schools and the loss of major jobs
and trade. It is not enough for the police to beat down criminals and thugs, in
a public atmosphere which has exacerbated these problems.
commendable, including the failing public schools and the loss of major jobs
and trade. It is not enough for the police to beat down criminals and thugs, in
a public atmosphere which has exacerbated these problems.
However, Weurker’s cartoon and Allen’s editorials ignore the
deeper causes of homelessness in general and Baltimore’s economic and moral
malaise in particular.
deeper causes of homelessness in general and Baltimore’s economic and moral
malaise in particular.
Sixty years of liberal-progressive victimization,
race-baiting, redistribution of wealth, and outright waste and fraud turned a
beautiful Eastern seaboard city, the scene of American victory over the invading
British depicted in the Star Spangled Banner, the home of freedom fighter
Frederick Douglas, into a morass of broken homes, bad schools, and cronyism
throughout.
race-baiting, redistribution of wealth, and outright waste and fraud turned a
beautiful Eastern seaboard city, the scene of American victory over the invading
British depicted in the Star Spangled Banner, the home of freedom fighter
Frederick Douglas, into a morass of broken homes, bad schools, and cronyism
throughout.
Regardless of what the six police officers may or may not
have done (keep in mind that half of the indicted officers are black, one of
them female), the problems in Baltimore, Maryland had festered for decades, all
under Big Government Democratic policies of expanded bureaucracies, rampant welfare
abuse, Big Labor bullying, and anti-growth programs, all of which have diminished
access to a quality education and rebuffed robust commercial activity. Labor
unions and government bureaucrats (20% of Baltimore employees work for the
government) have profited at the expense of everyone else.
have done (keep in mind that half of the indicted officers are black, one of
them female), the problems in Baltimore, Maryland had festered for decades, all
under Big Government Democratic policies of expanded bureaucracies, rampant welfare
abuse, Big Labor bullying, and anti-growth programs, all of which have diminished
access to a quality education and rebuffed robust commercial activity. Labor
unions and government bureaucrats (20% of Baltimore employees work for the
government) have profited at the expense of everyone else.
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| Baltimore Harbor (Chuck Szmurlo) |
What Baltimore needs is exactly what single mother Toya
Graham gave her son: repeated slaps on the head, with stern rebukes to stop
babying miscreants and start rewarding hard-working, law-abiding citizens.
Graham gave her son: repeated slaps on the head, with stern rebukes to stop
babying miscreants and start rewarding hard-working, law-abiding citizens.