PrintSeptember 19, 2005
Europe - one sick welfare puppy
The flooding of New Orleans is an apt metaphor for an even more insidious morass, one that has kept the poor and black people of the city mired for two generations. Long before the breach of the levees three weeks ago, New Orleans was stuck in welfare pathology.
Even after it has been drained, cleaned up, and put back on its feet, chances are that those of its poor people who return will still be mired in welfare dependency. They have been seduced into that quicksand all of their lives, with predictable consequences. Most of the poor people we saw on television have never known anything but welfare dependency, drugs, and violence. I would not be surprised if the political hacks send out an emergency call for them to come back, come back, get your welfare check! You can't survive in crazy states like Texas. Because without their voters' deep belief in their own helplessness, the race—and—poverty— mongers are out of a job. The most egregious failures of...(Read Full Article)
