Is anyone else as worried about our future as I am? We are the most divided we have been since the Civil War. We don't even speak the same "political" language and see major events with very different eyes. This may be irreversible.
Look at the situation in Baltimore. Race baiter, Al Sharpton, is now calling for a march in June. Rev. Al has been to this White House over 80 times. Riots are destroying the city. I listened to a black civil rights leader on tv last evening. He made the point that this is not about the police, at least not the major issue. The police are a convenient whipping boy. The real point is the absolute chaos in the black community. He mentioned the Moynihan Report from 1965 (Patrick Moynihan was a liberal senator from NY). Moynihan correctly observed that the breakdown of the black family would destroy the black community.
Inner city blacks have a fatherless rate of approximately 80%. As a result, the drop out rate is extremely high. With no education, these kids often turn to crime. Inner city schools are very poor. With this level of hopelessness, police events like this set off the spark.
But the answers to this problem is not more welfare. It is not to increase payments for each additional child you have out of wedlock. It is not to pour more money into failing schools. The answer must begin at the root cause. Out of wedlock births. This requires a change in culture. But the cultural elites are doing just the opposite. Hollywood, the music and entertainment industry and the race baiters are all blaming whitey. Obama got electred in large part by dividing the voting public into groups and promising more government "action", meaning money. The Dem % of the white vote was very low and in 2014 even lower still.
I think liberal intentions were honorable. They hoped to wipe out poverty. But that playbook hasn't worked. In fact, it has done much more harm than good. And now race relations are at a low not seen since 1965. The fact remains, that the keys to battling poverty are simple. Stay in school, work hard and don't have a child until you are marrried and capable of supporting that child. Getting there is the hard part. It requires a change in culture and its going to take a long time.
But the bigger issue is that liberals and conservatives see the U.S. through two different lenses. And for the first time, I don't think a great leader can bridge that divide. The special interests are in control. Our politicians are corrupt. Chrony capitalism is how Washington operates. I see the battles over the size of government, immigration, taxes and the deficit, social policy and education growing not receding. I also see the battles over race and income inequality only getting worse. Liberals will want to attack these problems through more government and more government action. Conservatives will want the exact oppsite method of attacking the problem.
Each side has the full support of their constituencies. I just don't see how these two sides can reconcile.
Look at the situation in Baltimore. Race baiter, Al Sharpton, is now calling for a march in June. Rev. Al has been to this White House over 80 times. Riots are destroying the city. I listened to a black civil rights leader on tv last evening. He made the point that this is not about the police, at least not the major issue. The police are a convenient whipping boy. The real point is the absolute chaos in the black community. He mentioned the Moynihan Report from 1965 (Patrick Moynihan was a liberal senator from NY). Moynihan correctly observed that the breakdown of the black family would destroy the black community.
Inner city blacks have a fatherless rate of approximately 80%. As a result, the drop out rate is extremely high. With no education, these kids often turn to crime. Inner city schools are very poor. With this level of hopelessness, police events like this set off the spark.
But the answers to this problem is not more welfare. It is not to increase payments for each additional child you have out of wedlock. It is not to pour more money into failing schools. The answer must begin at the root cause. Out of wedlock births. This requires a change in culture. But the cultural elites are doing just the opposite. Hollywood, the music and entertainment industry and the race baiters are all blaming whitey. Obama got electred in large part by dividing the voting public into groups and promising more government "action", meaning money. The Dem % of the white vote was very low and in 2014 even lower still.
I think liberal intentions were honorable. They hoped to wipe out poverty. But that playbook hasn't worked. In fact, it has done much more harm than good. And now race relations are at a low not seen since 1965. The fact remains, that the keys to battling poverty are simple. Stay in school, work hard and don't have a child until you are marrried and capable of supporting that child. Getting there is the hard part. It requires a change in culture and its going to take a long time.
But the bigger issue is that liberals and conservatives see the U.S. through two different lenses. And for the first time, I don't think a great leader can bridge that divide. The special interests are in control. Our politicians are corrupt. Chrony capitalism is how Washington operates. I see the battles over the size of government, immigration, taxes and the deficit, social policy and education growing not receding. I also see the battles over race and income inequality only getting worse. Liberals will want to attack these problems through more government and more government action. Conservatives will want the exact oppsite method of attacking the problem.
Each side has the full support of their constituencies. I just don't see how these two sides can reconcile.
