I copied this from the Schenectady forum. Someone asked what the root cause of crime was in the city of Schenectady. This respond was posted by Joe Suhrada and I thought it was worth being copied here:
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Here is the root cause:
For 44 years the US government has told the less fortunate that there is a safety net that is as wide as the ocean and as cushy as an overstuffed from Rentacenter. They have stripped their dignity down to the lowest common denominator and made them special clients who indeed believe that the working people (who PAY for this this) OWE them everything. And by God they are gonna' get what is owed to them. And they are going to break the law, do what the want, take what they want, trespass where they feel like it, and kill for their pride and vanity if someone "disses" them. They throw their crap everywhere, they rent without paying the rent, they destroy the home the landlord makes for them, they spit in the eye of tradition, hard work, convention, those who are "chumps" enough to work form nine to five, and those who even think of insulting them, keeping them from what is entitled to them, and their immediate creature comforts.
They have a sick malady of the soul and their numbers are growing out of proportion because our federal, state and local governments have seen to it that reproducing with anyone who they "feel" like reproducing with, in the moment and for the moment has no consequence. As a matter of fact WE WILL PAY THEM MORE to have babies with any babydaddy or babymomma they want. And THAT in and of itself becomes a matter of pride.
So for you middle class intellectuals who are trying to find root causes in "poor opportunity" or "bad wages" or a "recession" or whatever quantifiable way to put your finger on something you don't understand, you need to realize that this is the 4th generation of people who have lost their souls, and that you will NEVER understand what it is to become a government fed zombie.
But ultimately it is YOU, with your guilt feelings and your mainstream preachers and priests that have told you since you were little the "government" needs to be "Christ-like" - that have created this monster. And it will only get worse. there is nothing economic you can do and do to help. You can triple their welfare, spend 10 times the amount on education, and you can give all the carrots you wish (never with the stick). You haven't been able to find a way to give TOUGH LOVE to the underclass and ween them OFF of government solutions. They have only the government and the street (dealing, hooking, stealing.) Your programs took their family structure, you took away Godliness and you substituted "the check," food stamps the section 8 and every other goodie that could be given. All because you feel guilty.
Now you should REALLY feel guilty. You have destroyed MILLIONS of people and there is little hope of changing that entire subculture since it has grown to gargantuan proportions and actually tilts towards becoming a majority. You have no compunction about giving them more, and having your politicians to keep repeating different versions of the same failed programs. Any politician who speaks the truth like I have is vilified and hated- because we don't work on the same "guilt" trigger that you do. Any way in which I would vote AGAINST more programs in Schenectady is frowned on, because then we wouldn't be "helping" the underclass.
But folks, I can't do it alone. And I am essentially alone, fending attacks from every flank. But when our public (YOU) and our government leaders wake up and decide we aren't going to keep destroying these people and their future generations, then MAYBE we will see the morality return. The work ethic return. The sense of right or wrong return. And some civility return. But not until then.
But ultimately it is YOU, with your guilt feelings and your mainstream preachers and priests that have told you since you were little the "government" needs to be "Christ-like" - that have created this monster. And it will only get worse. there is nothing economic you can do and do to help. You can triple their welfare, spend 10 times the amount on education, and you can give all the carrots you wish (never with the stick). You haven't been able to find a way to give TOUGH LOVE to the underclass and ween them OFF of government solutions. They have only the government and the street (dealing, hooking, stealing.) Your programs took their family structure, you took away Godliness and you substituted "the check," food stamps the section 8 and every other goodie that could be given. All because you feel guilty.
A father who disciplines his child loves his child......wait, let me be PC here---a mother/father who disciplines his/her child loves his/her child......
the question would be---does anyone know the truth when it is right in front of them....living, breathing, all encompassing truth????
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Mr. Suhrada, that is the best I've read in 'decades'!! Bravo to you!! I'm speechless!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler