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Originally Posted by Guest
Try this one on for size. I never ever paid attention to those books about all the bad stuff that President Obama was going to do to our country, but I recall one about how he was going to implement engineering of our neighborhoods but insuring diversity in where you live.
"The Obama administration is moving forward with regulations designed to help diversify America’s wealthier neighborhoods, drawing fire from critics who decry the proposal as executive overreach in search of an “unrealistic utopia.”
He used to joke about this stuff, or at least I thought he was..remember Joe the Plumber.
This is real engineering of neighborhoods which in effect is also the voting in neighborhoods.
We will hear cries of racist if you oppose this, but I consider it EXTREME RACISM for the government to do this.
"“American citizens and communities should be free to choose where they would like to live and not be subject to federal neighborhood engineering at the behest of an overreaching federal government,” said Gosar, who is leading an effort in the House to block the regulations."
"To qualify for certain funds under the regulations, cities would be required to examine patterns of segregation in neighborhoods and develop plans to address it. Those that don’t could see the funds they use to improve blighted neighborhoods disappear, critics of the rule say."
Obama making bid to diversify wealthy neighborhoods | TheHill
"“Instead of living with neighbors you like and choose, this breaks up the core fabric of how we start to look at communities,” Gosar said. “That just brings unease to everyone in that area.”
“People have to feel comfortable where they live,” he added. “If I don’t feel comfortable in my own backyard, where do I feel comfortable?”
Critics of the rule say it would allow HUD to assert authority over local zoning laws. The agency could dictate what types of homes are built where and who can live in those homes, said Gosar, who believes local communities should make those decisions for themselves rather than relying on the federal government."
Perhaps I am seeing things that are not there, but this, to me, has some very serious consequences.
I added it here as this thread takes a turn to socialism. |
You were the first to deviate from the TPP discussion to Obama neighborhood engineering edict . I'll offer my response to it first. Obama's suggestion is not new. In the 1970's-80's Memphis Tennessee implemented such a plan. I know because i lived there. I know because I bought an expensive home in a nice neighborhood only to discover that the city was building much cheaper homes for purposes of integration. The result was isolated neighborhoods, people who purchased but really couldn't afford their properties and didn't know how to maintain them. Great tension in the neighborhoods, schools community. I had neighbors who moved 3-4 times in this town just because of the attempts made by government.
In fairness I had been in neighborhoods in Memphis where the main population was black and they had an almost artistic bend to their yards immaculate homes ...and that is the issue those good neighborhoods thrived because the people worked their way to prosperity and cherished their success and assets vis a vis people who ere not ready emotionally or financial .
As toTPP competitive/comparative advantage is a good thing when it comes to trade. Its obvious unions and those politicians who rely on unions to get re-elected to oppose this bill because unions will no longer have a monopoly on such trade and actually have to compete. In the long run trade is a good thing if it is applied on a level play field. Look at what foreign competition did in the auto industry.
I am conflicted when it comes to private sector unions. On the one hand I do not like ti see say the longshoremen close our ports because they want more and more of whatever they can extort without any corresponding increase in productivity efficiency , etc. However I do believe we are entitled to the prevailing market wage.
Of greater concern are public unions because politicians are the ones negotiating and they kowtow to unions in exchange for votes. Many cities are under the yoke of union benefits that are creating unfunded pension and benefit plans. Its gotten way out of hand and if not corrected taxpayers are going to on the hook for a massive bailout for some cities and states 40% or more of the budget goes to unions. And not least forget that public union workers incompetence is no basis for firing them