Posted by
Jim McGriff Jr on Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Democrats to end poverty…
C-Span carried the Democratic National Platform committee meeting last Summer. It was extraordinary to hear a member from Mississippi stand and offer amendment 122. This amendment is truly a change Obama can support. It goes along with his changing the world theme. The amendment is to have a cabinet level official in charge of ending poverty. There was no discussion, it passed without objection. This will put Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty to shame.
Our government has tried this. Our government gave poor people food stamps, housing, and welfare. Now Obama will tax our rich citizens and oil companies; then, transfer this money to the poor. This is different. Obama will have a cabinet level government official in charge of ending poverty. Obama will transfer American individual wealth to the poor. This will be much better; at least the government will not finance the war this time. Our government will just supervise the wealth transfer.
Now if you want to see how the first war on poverty turned out, drive through most cities. You will see the boarded up burned out housing projects, burned out vacant houses, and vacant businesses. By all means travel these streets by night. Where did this first war go wrong?
If government could truly overcome the failure of individuals to take advantage of our American freedoms we could change the world. Our government should help anyone that truly wants to achieve more. But Obama will never overcome poverty in our nation by taxing the rich and oil companies: then giving $1000.00 to the poor. Give individuals a hand up; not a hand out.
Jesus said that the poor will be with us always. Jesus was wrong. He did not know that Obama and the great Democrat party will surely wipe out poverty forever. That is unless Obama and the Democrat party bankrupt our nation first.
Oscar James McGriff, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama