Digest Number 1903

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ecjensen wrote:

 

>> ...i totally agree with everything you said here and have nothing

>> but Love for you and your mission. but with that said i would say

>> what do you expect? Caprini Green is prime real estate less that a

>> 1/4 mile from the lakefront. you have people in that area paying a

>> couple of grand a month rent, then you have the projects where

>> people are paying like $60/month. i admit the projects were just

>> that "a project." one that failed miserably. but of course the city

>> is going to move the project's people out. it's economics, not about

>> fair...to create change, create unity, we had best learn to play,

>> because the game's been the same since the beginning of time.

 

>> ...The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer, in the final

>> hour many heads will lose power.

 

>> What does the rich vs. poor really mean? Psychologically it means

>> you got to pick your team.

 

>> The rich get richer cause they work towards rich. The poor get

>> poorer because they mind can't switch, from the ghetto...

 

 

Dear ecjensen ~ I must respectfully disagree with some of what you have said

here. I can't tell you how many times I have heard the Bible quoted, "...the

poor will always be with you..."

And to me it sounds like an excuse to ignore the differences between rich

and poor, and the disappearing middle class.

 

The issue of land which at some point was not thought much of and so became

home for the poorer, and then suddenly a developer or somebody takes a look at

it and goes, "Ahhhh ... lots of potential profit here." I don't know how

many are familiar with Star Trek, the Next Generation, but this reminds me a

lot

of the Ferengi who's entire existence is based on profit and the "Rules of

Acquisition."

 

Some of the rich get richer because they worked for it, but a great many of

them got there because they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and

some got there because they were willing to lie, cheat, ignore the rules and

regulations (how many times have environmental regulations been abrogated in

favor of "development"?), step on and over people, and sometimes even knock

them down like so many chess pieces. I believe all the scandals with Enron

and other large corporations demonstrated that point very well.