I have to leave Milwaukee

[lioninaconcretejungle]

Yeah yeah, I'm evil because we don't see eye to eye. How very persuasive -- I now see the error of my ways.

You're evil because you are one of the majority whom sees no problem with injustice.

Whatever. Those who want to get out of poverty are going to do so. Those who don't, won't. And they can wallow in their own filth for all I care.

Way to advocate complacency and to oversimplify a complex issue.Discriminatory practices stand in the way of those who want to get out of poverty.If you were truely a just,sane person,you would want to see these practices done away with instead of pretending that they dont exist sometimes and recognizing thier existence yet placing the blame on the victims other times.At least be consistent with your white supremicist standpoints.

[susancruzs]

Don't any of you ever listen to Bill Cosby or other blacks (not just entertainers) that are successful? They certainly don't harp on how the govenment keeps or perpetuates poverty. I think of things I've read about Cabrini Green some families and some good that came out of there. Families with 5, 6 even 8 kids, all college grads and all successful. As Drover says it can be done.

Seeing the very young pregnant teenagers parade by my house in Waukegan from a nearby apartment complex makes you wonder and certainly you can't blame government for that. Ten years ago when that apartment complex was built it was great, a virtual United Nations, Abbott employees from all over the world, the Navy let people be there,
now you should see it, not a good thing. Police cars there all the time and on the Navy's black list because of all the drug problems.

I lived in Park City over 30 yrs. never a problem, when that apartment complex started going downhill I had a robbery at my house, a shooting right next door to me. I intended to stay, I was happy there but not once I felt threatened. I started out in Evanston, lived in Mundelein and Waukegan, I didn't mind Illinois but I left when it started deteriorating around me. At 60 I need to feel I can walk outside my house at night to put out the garbage without bullets flying.