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In reply to the discussion: Rachel had it Right, now DU is getting it wrong. [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)Nothing in the US is ever accomplished in one fell swoop. Social Security was introduced incrementally as was Medicare, then gradually expanded by succeeding Democratic congresses.
Democrats wonder why the Republicans seized power in 1994 and except for a brief period from 2006 to 2010, kept it.... It's because we have all the patience of 2-year-olds. The GOP has been working toward the same agenda since 1980. They accept the occasional set back as an aberration, re-group and move forward again. They will do it again if we continue to behave as 2-year-olds.
Ever know anyone who lived in Section 8 housing? Or owned section 8 housing. It's a big freaking mess...and throwing more money at it will not solve the problems of drug dealers ruining the lives of of good people. Evict a drug dealer from his Section 8 housing and end up in court and ordered to pay the dealer $7,000. Even though the eviction was prompted by hard working poor people complaining about the drugs being peddled by their neighbors. True story....
In 2009 I worked with a young black man, a college grad married to a nurse. They bought a brand new condo in 2006 after saving for years for a down payment. By 2009 the housing market was in such a shambles that large swaths of his condominium were turned into Section 8 housing. He would come in every morning and give us the report of how many times the police had to come to his building, or the next, the night before. A crack dealer lived in the unit above his. Fights broke out every night, garbage was strewn everywhere, and things like unwanted furniture and mattresses decorated the green spaces... His new condominium, just a few years old, looked like the worst housing in the projects found in many inner cities. (This is Palm Beach County, FL, btw) Meanwhile he is paying a mortgage which he can't even refinance because the value of his home was destroyed beyond the normal drop in real estate values here. Another true story....
Republicans behave as though everyone receiving government assistance is a deadbeat, lazy, drug user. Democrats behave as though there is no such animal. Between the 2 extremes are real people, caught in real horror stories.