First, let me say, I am neither Dem, Rep, Lib, nor Conservative. And I am not a communist. That is a game "they" want you to play. History has proven time and time again that there cannot be rich people without poor people. But in this age of advanced technologies we could all be living comfortably and still be productive people. Now, I'm not talking about communism here. But there is extreme inequity in this country, not because we should all share everything equally, but the odds are really against the little guy because of corruption.....and at every level.
You have to look at things on a grander scale and take history into account. Here's my basic belief, black people WERE held down and are feeling the consequences of that even today. And as a people it takes time to come up. Does that mean I believe in affirmative action....no, that's just reverse discrimination. I'm Italian (American). My people came at the beginning of the 20th century. They never enslaved anyone. Yet MY people get grouped into the "White People" class who must deal with this reverse discrimination. Should blacks benefit somehow for the disgusting things done to their people....YES. So the idea is to help them as a people......but how? If not on the backs of all white people then who?
Simple. It's the WASP businesses that benefited early on from slave labor. Why not let them pay for programs to bring blacks up (the businesses and their descendants, not just WASPs in general), instead of giving handouts payed for by ALL OF OUR tax dollars. And don't make the programs the way they are now. Here's an important detail: Those programs are designed to create the exact results they get....but why? you might ask. Simple. Corruption. Politicians give huge contracts to the businesses that benefit from these types of programs. And in return they receive "campaign contributions". That is the American way. What it is...is bribery. Every single problem is caused by this, or not solved because of this. George Bush and Co. are just the latest and greatest scum to be doing this. It happens at every level of government and throughout the annals of history.
I am not a liberal and I am not a communist. I am just a normal person with different views for every issue. Don't be fooled into taking sides of an unfair fight that shouldn't exist in the first place. The game being played in this thread is the EXACT game they want you to play into.
I love the idea of America, but it just doesn't exist the way we think it does. I'm a true patriot because I complain.
My eyes are OPEN. Please join me.
-tomcas929