YOU WILL GET A LOT FURTHER WITH A KIND WORD & GUN

[Psycho]

YOU WILL GET A LOT FURTHER WITH A KIND WORD & GUN

 

 

 

In the movie The Untouchables, Al Capone while getting a shave at the barber shop said, “You will get a lot further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word”.

 

In other words, social change in America upon careful examination has not come out of the goodness of other people’s hearts but out of fear.

 

During the days of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's peaceful protests, America took notice, but our political leaders did not move forward on those demanded acts of equality until other groups like the Black Panthers and others started putting fear into the hearts of America when you look at the timelines of when our federal and state governments finally acted.

 

The leaders of the District of Columbia Government have for years promised to do more to end and/or reduce homelessness, increase affordable housing, provide better services but despite all the rhetoric, the homelessness continues to climb upward, the number of people in need of affordable housing continues to climb as well, and the gap between the haves and have-nots grows despite the District of Columbia shameful claim that it is a liberal, progressive and so called caring community.

 

Until the poor of the District of Columbia put a fear in the hearts and minds of the businesses and rich in the form of causing them economic injury by laying out of work, sabotaging the work product, work slow-downs, not cutting the grass at the homes of people of wards 2 and 3, providing babysitting services and others acts that hit the haves in the pocketbook, nothing will change!

 

In 2006, the need for physical violence is not needed but economic violence will be far more effective, and proof of this fact is seen in our judicial system: E.G. The poor do jail time as the system knows that such will hurt them psychologically more than anything else, but the rich pay stiff fines and not jail time as the courts know, the best way of inflicting punishment on the rich is to take away part of their wealth. (The DC Superior Court is more likely to hold you to trial if you are homeless than if you have a home to be released to!!!!)

 

A careful analysis of mayor elect Fenty's proposals are unrealistic for many reasons and will not work as his proposals will cost the District of Columbia far more than its budget constraints can handle, and either he will drive us into debt or be forced to raise taxes across the board 7% to achieve that goal.

 

Not once did the people of DC ever look at the economic impact Fenty's plan would have on the District but voted for him out of wishful thinking, a blind desire for change, greed and ignored the fact that for Fenty's plan to work he would have to either increase taxes, lay off 12% of the DC Government workforce or hit all DC Government workers with a 20% pay cut.

 

In sum, Fenty's plan will widen the gap between the haves and have-nots without either cuts or tax increases as his proposals will cost the District close to 7 Billion Dollar to achieve, and this is why I say the Fenty Administration will be a disaster as his goals are unrealistic, wishful thinking and it will not make things better for the middle class and poor, but all overt evidence would suggest it will benefit the rich and allow a few crumbs off their tables for the poor!