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[quote=Anonymous]PP here.  I'm no racist and have no problem with poor people.  I was poor myself growing up.  I attended integrated schools (60% black, 40% white).  I'm sending my kids to intergrated schools in Alexandria.  I don't care about the color of their classmates' skin.  I do have a problem with folks who live on the dole year after year, no matter what their skin color might be.

The gov't should provide a safety net, not a hammock.  When Alexandria builds beautiful new public housing units in the nicest neighborhood in town, builds brand new rec centers with every sports activity imaginable, provides free breakfast & lunch & foodstamps for dinner, provides free childcare after school, and a host of other free services, it saps any incentive of parents/kids to work their way out of their "poverty."  And it makes our city a magnet for lazy people who are searching for the best life they can find at gov't expense.

I grew up very poor.  I remember coming home from school more than once, finding no electricity in the house b/c my parents couldn't afford to pay the bill.  I delivered newspapers and worked after school jobs all through junior high/high school.  I never could afford the Air Jordan's my "poor" classmates from the projects wore.  I made do with hand-me downs.   My parents couldn't give me much more than the bare necessities.  But they didn't take handouts.  And they gave me things no gov't program could: a strong work ethic, a respect for the value of education, and a burning desire to do better for myself.   Growing up in poverty can build real character.  Growing up on the dole rarely does.

I don't care if you think I'm a racist, but I have as much right to live in Alexandria and lament the failings of its misguided social policies as you have to live here and exalt in the "good" you think the city is doing for the poor (and their kids, and grandkids, and great-grandkids).  If you're uncomfortable having neighbors who disagree with your liberal politics, maybe YOU should move to DC or Bethesda where the sound of the echo chamber will be undisturbed.[/quote]

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