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Uh... how about, give them money to relocate so the children in the failing schools can grow up somewhere that doesn't have the highest crime rate in the countr
by bpodgursky 10y ago
Uh... how about, give them money to relocate so the children in the failing schools can grow up somewhere that doesn't have the highest crime rate in the country, can drink water that isn't poisoned, and get a job that still exists?
They are real people who are fucked because they were born in a dying city which relied on a dying industry. They aren't plaything for your anti-financial philosophy.
- macawfish 10y agoLook, I'm not opposed to helping people relocate, but please don't trivialize my "philosophy" as some kind of a toy. I grew up in a community fractured by racial and socioeconomic segregation. It's not some play toy thing when I see schools and basic infrastructure being systematically defunded in in the name of globalization.
- macawfish 10y agoI want to address the idea that 100 million dollars is a lot of money. After skirting its own laws, the city of Minneapolis just pledged $700 million to a sports stadium. There are 50,000 households in Flint. $100 million/50,000 households = $2000/household. I don't know how you expect to move 50,000 households on that budget. Just fix the pipes!