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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:57 PM Jun 2012

so I quote David Simon, writer of "The Wire" on FB today, Here is the quote:

The people most affected . . . are black and brown and poor. It's the abandoned inner cores of our urban areas. . . . (E)conomically, we don't need those people. The American economy doesn't need them. So, as long as they stay in their ghettos, and they only kill each other, we're willing to pay a police presence to keep them out of our America. And to let them fight over scraps, which is what the drug war, effectively, is. . . (S)ince we basically have become a market-based culture and it's what we know, and it's what's led us to this sad denouement, I think we're going to follow market-based logic, right to the bitter end. ~David Simon, head writer of "The Wire"

I had no idea what a dust up this would cause from the "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" crowd. It seems they've forgotten they're barefoot.

I'm off to bang my head against a wall for an hour or so...

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so I quote David Simon, writer of "The Wire" on FB today, Here is the quote: (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jun 2012 OP

K&R for too much truth. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #1

... handmade34 Jun 2012 #2

What the "Pull yourself up" crowd are too stupid to realize pennylane100 Jun 2012 #3

but they didn't EARN it like us rich did. pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #4

It is bigotry wrapped up in Old Glory, and it is high time we called them on their shit. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2012 #5

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

1. K&R for too much truth. n/t

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:06 PM

Jun 2012

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

2. ...

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:07 PM

Jun 2012

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)

3. What the "Pull yourself up" crowd are too stupid to realize

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:23 PM

Jun 2012

is that it is much more cost effective to give these people a helping hand and ensure that all the children in the community have access to early intervention head start programs and a quality education. The cost of policing and imprisoning the poor in this country is much greater than intervention programs.

If they do not want these programs because they do not want to help their fellow citizens, they should do it because it will save them money in the long run. Just as they should worry about the cost of lawsuits when the police use brute force to control these areas. It often ends up costing them millions of dollars to settle crimes committed by law enforcement and crooked justices.

They just never learn.

pansypoo53219

(20,983 posts)

4. but they didn't EARN it like us rich did.

Reply to pennylane100 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:29 PM

Jun 2012

i have tried the penny wise pound foolish tact w/ a moderate republican epal. the birth control issue just did NOT compute w// her. BUT IT WILL COST LESS IN THE END DID NOT COMPUTE! but she is better on other stuff, but illegals, boy oh boy. ARE YOU NATIVE AMERICAN? you just got here before they did.
hard headed.

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)

5. It is bigotry wrapped up in Old Glory, and it is high time we called them on their shit. nt

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:57 PM

Jun 2012

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