piezoe, I think we are in agreement , except for maybe allocating political blame. Theone useful thng obama could do would be totell his follwers to stop rioting and looting and obeythepolice. Instead, he tried to blame republicans for not going along with even more of his programs. The fact is he has had the vast majority of his domestic agenda enacted, eg obamacare, vast increases in food programs, ending the clinton welfare work requirement, etc.
The irony is that republicans get blamed for the utterly predictable failure of liberal programs they opposed. Even assuming the War on Poverty was motivated by good intentions and not mere political posturing, doesn't there come a time when everyone has to say, we've spent trillions on these programs and we are losing ground at an increasing rate. Maybe we need to rethink things. Instead, all we hear is raise taxes and send more money.
The other irony is that no one wants the black underclass to succeed more than conservatives. The idea that we want to hold them down is ridiculous. How does that help conservatives? We would love to free up all the money that is spent on them, not to mention the joy of seeing them lead producitve lives.
I don't have all the answers, but I know doing the same thing that gave us this result is insane. You do not build a productive society by enabling people to live dysfunctional lives mired in drugs, crime, dependency, single mothers, illegitimacy as the norm and multi-generational welfare.
