There are fundamental differences between the left and right political ideologies in America. One is trying to conserve the principles of the Constitution in the hopes of preserving the prosperity and liberty that the United States has enjoyed for 240 years, while the other hopes to change America fundamentally, destroying the moral compass that makes us a virtuous society, and forcing collectivist concepts and theories into place through government mandate and political correctness. Right of center Americans see our nation as being inhabited by Americans, while the left of center Americans divides America into groups, pandering to those groups, setting those groups against each other, and then calling the other side the racist ones. One seeks a system by the people that is anchored in the rule of law, and the other seeks a system by the government that is anchored in the opinions of a ruling elite that interpret the law to mean whatever they want it to. Those that gravitate towards the Republican Party believe in the free market, and encourage entrepreneurship, while the Democrats harp on large companies, calling them greedy for seeking profit, and pass steep regulations making it harder to launch a small business. While conservatives seek the wisdom of history, the liberal left seeks the chaos of failed principles. The rightwing segment of the political spectrum works to increase their numbers through education, and fair play. The leftwing segment of the political spectrum works to increase their numbers through illegal immigration, using the bait of government subsidies and gifts from the treasury to encourage people who would not normally vote to vote, and forcibly changing the demographics through government regulations.
When, a year ago, the Southern California City of Murrieta found itself in the middle of getting national attention because the citizens decided to protest against the importation of illegal aliens into their community, I was asked why the federal government chose Murrieta. On the surface, we were being told because Murrieta was the next border patrol station down the line from San Diego, but that was not necessarily true. A number of facilities in San Diego County could have been used. I believe it went deeper than that. I believe Murrieta's extremely conservative nature caught the federal government's attention, and it was their intention to flood the area with illegals to change the community from politically red to politically blue.
Illegal immigration, which I also believe is being used to try to flip Texas, is not the only tool being used to deaden the red hue in some communities. In Murrieta, there has been a massive increase of "affordable housing," largely influenced by demands for a "sustainable" community that uses tactics that call for "sustainable development." Multi-use buildings and multi-family housing is on the rise, and it is being mandated by both the State and federal governments. Cities like Murrieta do it because of the threat of losing State and federal monies if they don't. You see, the I.V. is not just stuck inside the arms of welfare recipients.
The "sustainable development" tactic, which some of you may recognize from the Agenda 21 United Nations drive for a global community where everyone is eventually stacked and packed in population centers so that we may save the planet from a parasite called humanity, has also become a valuable tool for the liberal left to use in altering the demographics of neighborhoods that they've decided needs to be altered for reasons to benefit their agenda, and voting pool.
There are no limits in what the liberal left is willing to do to force their agenda down the throat of America.
Through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), run by new Democrat Party all-star Julian Castro previously of the "Mayor of San Antonio" fame, the Obama administration is incentivizing the “diversification” of wealthier neighborhoods. Regulations, many of which have already been in place for a while, are now going into full gear to diversify America’s wealthier neighborhoods so that the rich can be neighbors with poor minorities.
This is social engineering with such an obvious and sinister overreach, even "The Hill" is reporting on it.
Utopianists existed back in the days of the Founding Fathers. Communal ideas where the rich is driven downward so that everyone can be equally unhappy is nothing new. Using a fascist technique like forcing such a reality into place through steep regulations, however, is something that would make any despot in history blush.
According to the Obama administration, a final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule is due out this month, and it is aimed at ending decades of deep-rooted segregation around the country.
Because busing worked so well.
Because busing worked so well.
Multi-culturalism is a failure, and does more damage than good to the overall health of a society. Just ask Europe.
The regulations would use grant money as an incentive for communities to build affordable housing in more affluent areas while also taking steps to upgrade poorer areas with better schools, parks, libraries, grocery stores and transportation routes as part of a gentrification of those communities.
“HUD is working with communities across the country to fulfill the promise of equal opportunity for all,” a HUD spokeswoman said. “The proposed policy seeks to break down barriers to access to opportunity in communities supported by HUD funds.”
Of course, the whole premise is whacky. Money may be a component in what made the wealthier neighborhoods better ones, but all the money in the world cannot create incentive and innovation. That is up to each individual. If you fill a successful neighborhood with folks that only know how to be unsuccessful, the unsuccessful will pull down the community to their level. The problem isn't integration, or that there isn't enough federal money being pumped in to make the parks looks nice. The problem is in the heart and soul of people. The government has taught those in poorer neighborhoods to be dependent upon government, to expect a bailout whenever times get tough.
“HUD is working with communities across the country to fulfill the promise of equal opportunity for all,” a HUD spokeswoman said. “The proposed policy seeks to break down barriers to access to opportunity in communities supported by HUD funds.”
Of course, the whole premise is whacky. Money may be a component in what made the wealthier neighborhoods better ones, but all the money in the world cannot create incentive and innovation. That is up to each individual. If you fill a successful neighborhood with folks that only know how to be unsuccessful, the unsuccessful will pull down the community to their level. The problem isn't integration, or that there isn't enough federal money being pumped in to make the parks looks nice. The problem is in the heart and soul of people. The government has taught those in poorer neighborhoods to be dependent upon government, to expect a bailout whenever times get tough.
The Hill admits that the diversification of neighborhoods is a tough sell for some conservatives. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who argues that the administration “shouldn’t be holding hostage grant monies aimed at community improvement based on its unrealistic utopian ideas of what every community should resemble.”
The problem is, the deep down reason by the Democrats is not what's best for the communities, or what's best for America. This tactic is purely for the purpose of changing the demographics so that they can eliminate the Republicans. It is all about votes, just like amnesty is. The Democrats have no intention of trying to win the political game in the arena of ideas. They would rather use the Marxist concept of silencing all opposition, and eliminating them altogether down the road.
Cities, of course, are falling right in line with the leftist's "diversification" agenda. Communities are economically struggling under the weight of the failing Obama economy. The prospect of federal money coming in if only they are willing to sell out their city, is very enticing, I am sure.
How many pieces of silver are our city councils willing to sell us out for?
The amounts of money involved are astronomical, and in the long run will be a complete waste.
I have no problem with folks getting together to work together, regardless of race, color, or economic status. But that is something that must be based on an independent, voluntary decision by individuals. Not government mandate. Government, for the betterment of their own political agenda, forcing wealthier Americans to be punished for daring to be rich is not only ridiculous, but is designed to ultimately eliminate the wealthy segment of America, forcing down real estate prices in those neighborhoods, as well as having nationally devastating economic and social effects. Wedging lower cost housing into expensive neighborhoods will not result in more minorities living in expensive neighborhoods – it will instead result in there being no such thing as an expensive neighborhood anymore.
The problem does not begin in the wallet, anyhow. The problem begins in the heart. If we are not a virtuous society, how can we expect everyone to just get along? If we are divided along racial lines as has been encouraged by the Obama administration, and if we are rioting over cultural beefs, how can we ever expect such a plan of diversification to every have a chance out of the gate?
Folks that are from poorer neighborhoods, and rental properties, tend to attract the criminal element. That is a statistical reality. So the diversification plan does not put the impoverished into a better neighborhood. Importing the poor makes the wealthier neighborhood a bad neighborhood. Once the diversification plan is in full swing, you will see in formerly wealthy neighborhoods rising crime rates. This is just economic reality.
What the White House is doing is pulling down the wealthy in an attempt to make things more equal, rather than offering opportunity and incentive to raise the poorer neighborhoods out of poverty. Rather than paying the poor to remain poor with government programs, the government should be relaxing regulations and encouraging entrepreneurship. Empower positive change through local activities. Get the churches involved. Encourage family, rather than seeking to divide the family. Rather than pushing the cultural phenomenon "The Man has got me down," enable law enforcement and communities to invest locally, without the specter of government control looking over everyone's shoulder.
Folks that are from poorer neighborhoods, and rental properties, tend to attract the criminal element. That is a statistical reality. So the diversification plan does not put the impoverished into a better neighborhood. Importing the poor makes the wealthier neighborhood a bad neighborhood. Once the diversification plan is in full swing, you will see in formerly wealthy neighborhoods rising crime rates. This is just economic reality.
What the White House is doing is pulling down the wealthy in an attempt to make things more equal, rather than offering opportunity and incentive to raise the poorer neighborhoods out of poverty. Rather than paying the poor to remain poor with government programs, the government should be relaxing regulations and encouraging entrepreneurship. Empower positive change through local activities. Get the churches involved. Encourage family, rather than seeking to divide the family. Rather than pushing the cultural phenomenon "The Man has got me down," enable law enforcement and communities to invest locally, without the specter of government control looking over everyone's shoulder.
There was a time when communities worked together, children attended a community school that was not forcibly controlled by government, and local businesses helped each other out. Forcing integration is not the way to return us to those days. Getting government out of everyone's lives, leaving local issues to local governments, is the way to return to what we had.
A strong central government dictating to cities to diversify is not a solution, it is simply a way of making the problem even worse.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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