Looking back on the riots in Baltimore and Ferguson, one can be tempted to add race to the picture. The issue of Race has certainly been brought up by the Obama administration (thanks Holder, Sharpton, etc...) but is not the cause - welfare and entltlement is.
Consider the riots of 2011 - I wrote about them here: The UK Riots
White on white. No issue of race there. What is happening is the destruction of civil society by dependency of welfare and subsidies. My solution?
And of course, the liberals are clueless:
Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, is pushing a system that would see some benefits removed from looters, and others made conditional on attending a rehabilitation programme, which would include counselling and regular behavioural checks. It would apply only to those receiving lesser sentences, as anyone who goes to jail already automatically loses their benefits.
Nudge nudge wink wink. We all know you have been a naughty boy. Here is what we are going to do. You sit nicely in this classroom for two weeks and we will give you all of your benefits right back again.
Rehabilitation my sweet ass.
Give them this option: you will be given a battery of aptitude tests and after the results come back, you will have four weeks to choose a trade. If you choose a trade, you will be given two years of free schooling and a four year apprenticeship in the field while you are earning a minimal wage. If you do not maintain a B grade average, your school funding is terminated.
If you choose to not participate in this program, you get your dole back again but it will be 70% less. Were you getting free housing and $500/month for food? You will now have to pay $100 rent and you will get $200/month for food (no booze or tobacco).
Government assistance is not supposed to be comfortable -- it is supposed to incentivize the recipient to get their ass in gear and join the workforce.
Nobody has the guts to define the real problem and to do what needs to be done...
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