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Originally posted by Pornwolf
Agreed. I don't think America owes them any money but I do think the inner city policies should change that affect black people and poorer whites. Something is not working. Education, policing, and social programs need to be revamped and become more effective. It is a problem you can see for yourself if you ever visit a school in a poor neighborhood white or black. There is no reason for the schools in the rich neighborhood to have great after school programs, new books, full extra curricular activity support, and even better lunch. In the poor neighborhood there will only be detention for the after school program, old tattered books with pages torn out, 3 sports to choose from, and the chef's meat surprise.
America owes these people white & black something but it isn't money in hand.
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To do the revamping that you propse would take a massive influx of money and professionals and would have to be maintained for a minimum of one generation.
Tax payers do not have their priorities in order and prefer to incarcerate instead of educate.
Bush chose to give back a surplus that existed only on paper and was based upon a ten year prediction. In fact, paper or not, prediction or not, there would never have been a surplus because you cannot have a surplus when you have a national debt and the predicted surplus would not have even paid off the national debt.
Inner cities, and social ills are not a Bush priority, nor a Republican priority, so do not expect any improvement any time soon. Our prison population will just continue to grow, with stupid tax payers not fully comprehending that it is cheaper to educate than it is to incarcerate.