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A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON VALUES BOOK EXCERPTS
The really sad thing about the damaged welfare has done to the poor is it has made
them distrusted on a large scale. Even right out of slavery and all through the
Great Depression the poor was trusted without a doubt. But, nowadays with the
severe drug problem and low family and moral values, the poor are no longer
automatically trusted in one’s home.
Lack of trust closes off a basic means of survival that the poor has always had
throughout history. Being trusted to do domestic work is how the black race
survived in this country. Especially in the South, the black woman washed and
ironed clothes in white folks’ homes to keep her family alive. It is a history, we as
blacks are not proud of, but at least it was a means to survive.
The biggest myth in this country today is the belief that the federal government
can’t go broke. I am not an economist, but I do have common sense and a strong
survival instinct. It is dangerous to the survival of this country when so many
people view government as some kind of super nipple of unlimited spending power.
The fact is, government is bound by the same physical laws as any household.
It also has the ability to print money. For a household to spend more money than it
takes in, the extra money has to be borrowed or has to come from somewhere. So,
when a government spends more money than it takes in, it also has to borrow the
money, raise taxes, or as a last resort, print worthless paper money. That is the
only difference.
The government has the ability to print money, but printing worthless money is not
a good option, because flooding the economy with new worthless money will cause
hyper-inflation and soon make the currency worthless. Printing worthless money
is a last resort for any government. The other two ways an overspending
government can raise the extra money is by borrowing it or raising taxes.
Concerning crime, everyone seems to be going in the direction of three strikes and
you’re out, meaning the criminal will be locked away for a long, long time. I know
this will be considered extreme, but I believe the time has come for some form of
flogging to be considered as punishment for drug and nonviolent crimes. Give the
criminal the choice of ten licks or a year in jail plus some probation time on the
side.
Our criminal justice system is being overpowered by sheer numbers.
No society can put everybody in jail; also swift punishment is a must to deter
crime. If a juvenile is charged with spray-painting graffiti, a couple of whacks on
the rear will probably prevent him from becoming a bigger criminal. Just leave it
up to the judge to make sure the amount of licks fits the crime.
The way it is now, many criminals are plea bargaining and just getting probation,
which in a sense is not actually punishment. Most prisons are already so crowded
there is no place to put new inmates The first thing is to understand human
nature. If a crime is committed an old gumshoe will tell you everyone is a suspect.
The point I am trying to make is almost everyone is capable of taking or being
dishonest, but things like values, fear, shame, opportunity, etc., keep most of us in
line.
A law of nature called, “the course of least resistance” affects man and all species.
That is why the urge to play the lottery or buy on sale is so strong. That is why if
you feed a mangy dog one time, it’s hard to get rid of him. It is easier for a
criminal to rob and steal than to do a day’s work. The barriers of values, fear,
shame, opportunity, etc., are not working.
Let’s start with values - these are the main keys and where the biggest failure lies.
Values and behavior are really shaped when one is very young by a response to
reward or punishment. For example, circus trainers keep sugar pills in their
pockets to reward proper behavior. Now when a young kid misbehaves and the
parent and other adults say, “That is so cute,” that praise is rewarding antisocial
behavior.
Also, when you see a mother telling a kid fifty times, “Don’t do that,“ that
behavior is teaching a kid disobedience and disrespect. More criminals do come
from low-income areas, but low income alone is not the reason. Sixty years ago a
woman could walk through a low-income area with a purse at midnight, but good
values and fear would keep anyone from harming her.
That all started to change when social programs began, because the social
programs failed to make sure behavior was a condition for payment. Then the
course of least resistance raised its ugly head.
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The really sad thing about the damaged welfare has done to the poor is it has made
them distrusted on a large scale. Even right out of slavery and all through the
Great Depression the poor was trusted without a doubt. But, nowadays with the
severe drug problem and low family and moral values, the poor are no longer
automatically trusted in one’s home.
Lack of trust closes off a basic means of survival that the poor has always had
throughout history. Being trusted to do domestic work is how the black race
survived in this country. Especially in the South, the black woman washed and
ironed clothes in white folks’ homes to keep her family alive. It is a history, we as
blacks are not proud of, but at least it was a means to survive.
The biggest myth in this country today is the belief that the federal government
can’t go broke. I am not an economist, but I do have common sense and a strong
survival instinct. It is dangerous to the survival of this country when so many
people view government as some kind of super nipple of unlimited spending power.
The fact is, government is bound by the same physical laws as any household.
It also has the ability to print money. For a household to spend more money than it
takes in, the extra money has to be borrowed or has to come from somewhere. So,
when a government spends more money than it takes in, it also has to borrow the
money, raise taxes, or as a last resort, print worthless paper money. That is the
only difference.
The government has the ability to print money, but printing worthless money is not
a good option, because flooding the economy with new worthless money will cause
hyper-inflation and soon make the currency worthless. Printing worthless money
is a last resort for any government. The other two ways an overspending
government can raise the extra money is by borrowing it or raising taxes.
Concerning crime, everyone seems to be going in the direction of three strikes and
you’re out, meaning the criminal will be locked away for a long, long time. I know
this will be considered extreme, but I believe the time has come for some form of
flogging to be considered as punishment for drug and nonviolent crimes. Give the
criminal the choice of ten licks or a year in jail plus some probation time on the
side.
Our criminal justice system is being overpowered by sheer numbers.
No society can put everybody in jail; also swift punishment is a must to deter
crime. If a juvenile is charged with spray-painting graffiti, a couple of whacks on
the rear will probably prevent him from becoming a bigger criminal. Just leave it
up to the judge to make sure the amount of licks fits the crime.
The way it is now, many criminals are plea bargaining and just getting probation,
which in a sense is not actually punishment. Most prisons are already so crowded
there is no place to put new inmates The first thing is to understand human
nature. If a crime is committed an old gumshoe will tell you everyone is a suspect.
The point I am trying to make is almost everyone is capable of taking or being
dishonest, but things like values, fear, shame, opportunity, etc., keep most of us in
line.
A law of nature called, “the course of least resistance” affects man and all species.
That is why the urge to play the lottery or buy on sale is so strong. That is why if
you feed a mangy dog one time, it’s hard to get rid of him. It is easier for a
criminal to rob and steal than to do a day’s work. The barriers of values, fear,
shame, opportunity, etc., are not working.
Let’s start with values - these are the main keys and where the biggest failure lies.
Values and behavior are really shaped when one is very young by a response to
reward or punishment. For example, circus trainers keep sugar pills in their
pockets to reward proper behavior. Now when a young kid misbehaves and the
parent and other adults say, “That is so cute,” that praise is rewarding antisocial
behavior.
Also, when you see a mother telling a kid fifty times, “Don’t do that,“ that
behavior is teaching a kid disobedience and disrespect. More criminals do come
from low-income areas, but low income alone is not the reason. Sixty years ago a
woman could walk through a low-income area with a purse at midnight, but good
values and fear would keep anyone from harming her.
That all started to change when social programs began, because the social
programs failed to make sure behavior was a condition for payment. Then the
course of least resistance raised its ugly head.
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