Biden/Reparations are CRAZY

I, a mix of second and third generation, come from immigrants. My father worked as a blue-collar steel worker until putting himself through college to become an accountant. My mother worked as a cashier in the grocery store until she put herself through college to become a teacher. My family scrimped and saved. Some of our meals were green beans and bacon. We would drink Kool-Aid or iced tea because we really couldn’t afford pop. My parents emphasized education. 

I grew up in Gary Indiana in the 60s and was aware of discrimination. I have seen the dramatic change in this country and today, while there may be traces of racism in some people, there is no significant systemic racism causing the disparities that exist today.  

Biden has nominated Howard University Law Professor Justin Hansford to serve as an independent expert on the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD), and he was elected by the UN General Assembly for the inaugural 2022-2024 term.(1)

Hansford supports reparations and abolishing the police. (2) (3)

This follows other key Democrats’ recent proposals to pay $14 TRILLION in reparations. (4)

How taking money from citizens who neither had or supported slavery or even had ancestors doing such to give to other citizens who where never slaves  makes no sense to me. 

How the leader of this country, claiming to be a uniter, can continue to allow these ideas to gain momentum is CRAZY and will only dramatically increase a divide that had been shrinking. 

Blacks have been given significant advantages over the past 50 years or so through affirmative action, and continued reparations are not warranted and are unfair. 

https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1665368275469971460?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A

(1) https://usun.usmission.gov/ambassador-thomas-greenfield-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-the-2nd-session-of-the-un-permanent-forum-on-peoples-of-african-descent/

(2) https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/1/tyre_nichols_traffic_stops_police_violence

(3) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12148859/Howard-University-prof-pushes-tribunal-make-pay-5M-African-Americans.html

(4)https://www.blackenterprise.com/rep-cori-bush-calls-for-14-trillion-in-reparations/

Where’s Biden?

Another week and more lives lost. Until the Democrats stop propagating the false narrative nothing will change.

Black lives matter - of course. All lives matter. But BLM is hurting blacks because it propagates the false narrative that systemic racism today is the primary cause of the disparities today taking away agency (responsibility for one’s actions.)

If you don’t identify the problem, you cannot fix it. What societal culture in our cities leads to such behaviors( violent crime, murder, teen mothers, fatherless households?)

It cannot be whatever small amount of systemic racism that may exist today because you cannot see the problem with black immigrants  

Racism exists (though not widespread), it’s bad, and we should continue to work to reduce it. Excess police force exists (though rare), it's  bad and we should continue to work to reduce it.

BLM organization’s positions and policies do not address the problems (murders, fatherless households, teen pregnancy, lack of agency) and do not address the key root causes (it’s not excessive police force or systemic racism.) 

https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1663517784276455425?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A

 

Removing Agency is Deadly

Obviously everyone should be treated with dignity and respect but, to avoid hurting peoples’ feelings and/or holding people accountable for their actions, Democrats go to great lengths, even if it kills people.

Obesity is a common serious, and costly disease (1)

• The US obesity prevalence was 41.9% in 2017 – March 2020. (NHANES, 2021)
• From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%. (NHANES, 2021)
• Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. These are among the leading causes of preventable, premature death.
• The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was nearly $173 billion in 2019 dollars. Medical costs for adults who had obesity were $1,861 higher than medical costs for people with healthy weight.

(1) https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1662800837725265922?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A

Actions have consequences

If society tolerates mentally unwell individuals behaving threateningly in public, individuals will be injured,

then individuals will feel threatened by mentally unwell individuals behaving threateningly in public, 

then individuals will act in defense of others or themselves,

And then there will be accidental deaths. 

Society should not tolerate mentally unwell individuals behaving threateningly in public. 

https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1655745848817401856?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A

Bullhornist NOT Racist

On March 30, 3 Tennessee lawmakers violated the rules of decorum and encouraged and participated in a protest, obstructing the functioning of the Tennessee legislature.

We all know how important it is to stop protesters from interfering with the functioning of Legislatures as evidenced by the prosecution of the January 6 protesters.

All three legislators were punished. The two that participated with the bullhorn were expelled. The third, that defended herself for not using the bullhorn, was one vote short of being expelled, but was removed from committees.

Some, i.e. most people on the left, want to instantly claim racism. 

I think it’s more likely that this is just consequences for behaviors, something many non-resilient snowflakes do not understand. 

Then again, maybe it is just plain old bullhornism. 

https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1644758713444581376?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A

End of equal opportunity

This is bad. American Exceptionalism was based on individual freedom and equal OPPORTUNITY for all. Converting to a country of equal OUTCOME will ruin our country and everyone will have less. It is only by letting the most capable thrive through meritocracy that we can grow and thrive providing the abundant returns that allow redistribution to those less fortunate. 

Through his recent Executive order Biden is trying to change our country from one of equal opportunity into one of equal outcomes.  He has directed all of the federal government to start to focus on Delivering Equitable Outcomes Through Government Policies, Programs, and Activities by forming teams within each agency to use the agency’s policy, budgetary, programmatic, service-delivery, procurement, data-collection processes, grantmaking, public engagement, research and evaluation, and regulatory functions to enable the agency’s mission and service delivery to yield equitable outcomes for all Americans

Focusing on equal outcomes when there is such a natural variation in individual capabilities will hurt America by limiting say 80% of the most capable people to insure their outcome is the same as the 20% less capable. 

Examples of this are the trend to eliminate AP classes, limiting Asian admissions to top universities, limiting debt relief to non-white farmers and offering cash free bail that’s leading to more crime. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/02/16/executive-order-on-further-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-increase-equity-school-districts-eliminate-honors-classes-d5985dee