Posted On: Friday - April 19th 2024 11:38AM MST
In Topics:   Immigration Stupidity  Race/Genetics  Socialism/Communism
Peak Stupidity noted another example (call that one Exhibit A, as this could go on a while) of this problem with the (Steve Sailer-coined) Coalition of the Fringes 2 posts ago. The weakness in this Coalition built only upon hatred of the White Man in America shows up especially under Socialist circumstances... more so when there aren't too many White men around either.
That's my usual source*, and the article is here. Here are the monetary figures the City Brothers reckon they need to take care of the Chicagoland
On Monday, the Budget and Government Operations Committee of the Chicago City Council voted 20-8 to send Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for $70 million in additional City funding to care for illegals to the full Council.The debate on this money got heated because ... GDLOS!**:
CBS News reports that the request is part of a spending plan announced by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in February. The State of Illinois and Cook County pledged a combined $250 million to help fund the crisis, which is anticipated to reach at least $321 million for shelter and services this calendar year.
During the heated debate, Ald. Chris Taliaferro of the 29th Ward said, “We are not taking care of our own. We have all but forgotten the residents on the West Side and South Side.”The South Side, former home of one Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, has long been known to have many black people, many who need a hand-
Will the long-term black residents spend their money more wisely than those Venezuelan criminals newcomers? Here's what they need those hundreds of millions from the (largely White, I assume) taxpayers for:
9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale added, “We don’t have money for after-school programs. We don’t have money to help our kids get off the street. Yet, we would just blow money left and right. That’s a fundamental problem.”More basketball courts = fewer shootings. Note that Chinatowns would be violent ghettos had the basketball courts not been built for the little ones, so they could sit on the benches in the sunshine and study for their SATS.
“And when we talk about this money, and as important as our children are to us, a place like Ogden Park, the field house is to the Inglewood community, where shootings take place, where every economic indicator, health indicator, everything, everybody should be jumping to that to protect our children and give us the things we need,” said 17th Ward Ald. David Moore.
I'll just sit on the porch swing reading circular firing squad stories like this and eat my popcorn. I took the SATs long ago, and I don't care for basketball.
* My problem with getting posts off news from The Gateway Pundit is that there are so many posts added daily, and they are very current. The stupidity flows quickly these days. I end wanting to write 2 or more a day from there. It may be time to get back to some of the less timely, but possibly more interesting stuff.
I will be ready to write that review of Lionel Shriver's new book by tomorrow, time permitting, and then I want to write about Steve Sailer's latest post on Jews and Progressivism. The latter will take some time...
** Gimme Dat, cuz Legacy O' Slavery!
Comments:
MBlanc46
Monday - April 22nd 2024 7:45AM MST
PS We will be, in fact, bugging out in the near future. We’ve decided to sell up in Cook County and moving to our other place in Riverside County, CA. I feel a bit of a traitor.
Moderator
Saturday - April 20th 2024 7:50PM MST
PS: Sorry for late reply, Mr. Blanc - it was a very busy day here. You've written about your Sweet Home Chicago before. I also remember your feelings about the black people that don't really have many options. Yes, the illegal alien invasion is not helping their prospects one bit. Then, they don't support anyone who would be the type to do something about it. Then too, the low IQ explains this.
I appreciate your comment based on your experience. I know you said you're not bugging out of there (the wife doesn't want to, IIRC?), but I hope you're in a good area.
I appreciate your comment based on your experience. I know you said you're not bugging out of there (the wife doesn't want to, IIRC?), but I hope you're in a good area.
MBlanc46
Saturday - April 20th 2024 12:06PM MST
PS As a former resident of the South Side (Hyde Park), I have more than a little sympathy with the displaced sharecroppers who made the trek from the South to Chicago from about 1940 until the 1960s. Early in that period there was plenty of work of all sorts, even for people with little education or skills other than chopping or picking cotton. It was said at that time, “If you can’t work in Chicago, you can’t work anywhere”. The lion’s share of that work is now gone, either to other parts of the US or overseas. Yet the descendants of the Great Migration are still, for the most part, there. Some have moved to south suburbs such as Harvey or Dolton (much in the news lately because of their “Super Mayor”. Still others have left for states with more generous welfare benefits, such as Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Nevertheless, almost a million of them are still in Chicago. A large percentage of that number are unemployable. It’s not entirely their fault. If you have an IQ of 80, even if you have good work habits, there’s a pretty firm limit on the number of jobs open to you. Latino imports are putting even more economic pressure on the blacks. This is not going to end well. At some point the remaining whites will become fed up with paying for all of it and leave. Another once great American city falling into decay.
California, of all places! I know there are a lot of beautiful places there though. I've been all around. Hopefully your lifestyle at this point is one that doesn't result in onerous taxpaying and too much bad local politics.