You may not have ever heard of Techwood Homes however, that doesn’t negate its pivotal role in American history, our history.
Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the U.S. Located in Atlanta Georgia, it was completed in August of 1936. However, keep in the back of your head that it wasn’t till November 1937 that it was opened and dedicated by the trumpeter of Social Housing, Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself.
Now, it’s also important to know why America decided to get in the business of Government housing. The reality is, America had a concentrated number of poor and most all of the poor were living in slums. These were not nice places. In fact, many municipalities contributed large majorities of all their criminal activities to the slums and the poor who lived in them. So, in many ways, the American Government got into the business in the name of reducing or eliminating crime and yes, if it also progressed the Socialist Agenda…….well, that was a side benefit that wasn’t talked about much.
Now, the Techwood Homes were posh. They had bathtubs, electricity, ranges, garages, laundry facilities, library and even a kindergarten on site. By all accounts, they were nice, for what they were.
The sad part of this story was, the irony behind what eventually happened to Techwood Homes. You see, it became what it was supposed to prevent, a nest of crime, corruption and an example of urban blight.
After Techwood Homes were developed, many other Social Housing units sprung up in many urban settings, namely, New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Unfortunately, I can’t think of a single one that was ever trumpeted as a triumph…..I wonder why?
In 1996, Atlanta decided to destroy the Techwood Homes, it was an embarrassment to the city and because they were entering the world stage due to the Olympics, they couldn’t allow the blighted structures to stand.
The fact is, where you find poverty, you will almost always find high crime. It doesn’t matter how nice the house is, where the house is located, who maintains the lawn and plumbing, poverty is an incubator to criminal activity.
The Progressive leadership learned their lesson and decided that Social Housing, in the sense of large institutional style structures just weren’t a good way with progressing their agenda to provide government housing in their socialist society. I guess they never realized the power of poverty.
Shortly after these failed attempts, it became a political death nail in a politicians preverbal coffin however, it didn’t stop the agenda. It was during this time we saw private sector subsidy’s in the form of Section 8 housing and others.
Well, the socialist mantra, to never let a good crisis go to waste has never had such gusto. You see, during this housing crisis, which was engineered by progressives through the Community Re-Investment Act, they now see the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s right, a Progressive crafted crisis will give them the ability to forward their agenda and provide Social Housing through programs such as HAMP and other Foreclosure Prevention programs.
Yes, I am saying it and I am not apologizing.
I believe this housing bubble was engineered, crafted and laid in plan through the use of the Community Re-Investment Act and in turn, the Progressive dream of every American to have a home, laid down by F.D.R. can now be accomplished because no politician has the fortitude to tell people if you can’t afford your home, get out!
Make no mistake, I am all about saving people from foreclosure but, I also know that unless a homeowner has a job, counting peoples unemployment benefits as income so they can get approved for HAMP is a recipe for a bigger disaster or better yet, a door way for more Government assistance and possibly eventually allowing the Government to cancel the homeowner’s debt and remain in the home through a bank the Government has institutionalized or taken over……let’s say ….I don’t know…..Bank of America.
I do believe, it’s Obama’s agenda, along with the Progressive party, to either cancel the debt of homeowner’s who are struggling to make their payment or at least, give enough government subsidy that the homeowner can keep their homes under the waving flag of social housing. Be careful America, we are treading on dangerous ground.
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Our lifestyle is about to "BE CHANGED" if we keep letting the current administration and congress have their way! Time for everyone to wake up and see what is really happening!
Let's start with your question, who is the Progressive Party.
You can find the Progressive Party Website by following this link..
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=2&ParentID=0&...
As you do some research on this Party, you will realize very quickly it has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans...nothing at all. In fact, I don't really care about political party affiliations anymore. I stopped caring with George Bush because I realized, he was a Progressive as well and I was missing a bigger picture when I was too focused on "Republican vs. Democrat" So, I don't care about political parties anymore...that's a distraction.
As for bringing down the hammer on Obama....well...yeah, it is his administration. Let's face it, people may be able to blame bush for the economy, 2 years later but, we definitely can't blame Bush for nationalizing private industries and creating a failed housing rescue policy that 75% of participants default out of....or can we? Somebody needs to come up with a way to blame Bush.....I am soooo on that band wagon.
As for deficit spending.....it's hijacking the future of this country, Bush - Obama, who cares who it is, it's bad all the way around. Now, granted, you made a statement that is totally false about Bush and, in the interest of fairness, i want to correct your statement.
Quote: "Did you write something similar when W came into ofice with a balanced budge, then proceeded to run up the largest deficit in our history"
This isn't a true statement and I am sure you know that. You may have just gotten carried away with your "HATE BUSH, BASH BUSH" mentality. Actually, what you were most likely doing is just quoting John Kerry during his campaigning but, anyways, it doesn't matter because, let's set the record straight.
In relation to the economy in 2004 the debt was about half a trillion...that represented approximately 4.3% of the US Economy yet, it was even higher in Regan's term and the first half of Bush Senior's term (both republicans). Yet, it never went over 5% in any President’s term, even Bush Jr’s. So, your statement would have been more accurate if you would had said Regan or Bush Sr.
Ok, so....yeah, you were wrong however, we will forgive you.
Now, let's take the Obama Administration's debt to size of Economy spending and .....wait.....this can't be right......let me re-calculate this in my crazy mathematical vacuum tube machine.........3.........2.........1........beep, duh wop beep.,
Obama is at 9.1% THAT’S ALMOST TWICE THE HIGHEST IT WAS EVER UNDER ANY OTHER PRESIDENT!
This is a C.O.N.Spiracy….this can’t be right. Obama was about Hope and Change……this is a travesty.
UM…No, it isn’t…..it’s about 9.1% however, you can find some analysis that says it’s less….about 8% but, either way, that makes Obama the “hey big spender” out of all previous Administrations. In fact, looking at this number it appears he is spending with reckless abandon……maybe that’s the plan, you should try looking up Cloward and Piven but, that’s another subject for another time.
Let’s face it, we can’t really lay all of this on Obama’s shoulders, truth is, Congress had to let him do it but, wait a minute, who has had control of Congress and the Senate and the White House…oh yeah, it’s those crazy Progressives, of which a majority of them are Democrats and that’s because they (deomcrats) got in bed with Unions and crazy wild eyed “social justice / economic justice” people.
By the way, if you don’t believe me, when looking up the member list of the Progressive Party…..notice how many have “D’s” at the end of their names and, if you don’t think they like “Social Justice / Economic Justice” take a gander over at their principles…..they clearly state that they are for Social Justice / Economic Justice and, if you don’t know what that is all about, follow this link below.
http://www.cesj.org/thirdway/economicjustice-defined.htm
The above link will take you to the Center for Economic and Social Justice which….wow….isn’t that strange, you can link to directly from the Progressive Party’s site…..hhhmmm…I wonder about that.
Now, as for what the Government should do, well……here is where I get a little crazy so, I understand if you totally disagree with me when I say this but….here I go.
DO NOTHING!
Let the free market sort it out. It’s my opinion that this whole bubble and collapse of the housing market was engineered or created back in 1977 with the Community Re-Investment Act to purposely collapse our economy by having the Government step in, socialize private industry, rob from the tax payer to prop up corrupt banks and lenders so one day, the Progressive Party could come in and save the day by getting rid of that crazy constitution and replace it with F.D.R’s 2nd Bill of Rights and Socialist Agenda. Yes, I do believe that is the idea. So, if we do nothing and let the Free Market sort it’s self out, we can finally hit bottom and begin prosecuting corruption and setting ourselves back on the American Dream.
As for putting all the blame on Obama…..nope, not me, I put all the blame on the Progressive Party of which, Obama is pushing their agenda along with his radical affiliations with the New Black Panthers, SEIU, Acorn the Teachers Union and other Social Justice / Economic Justice seekers.
Once again, it has nothing to do with Obama….it’s his principles, agenda, spehere of influence, his statements about our Divinely Inspired Constitution being a hindrance to personal freedoms, and socialist, progressive, communist ideologies, that I have a problem with.
By the way, I didn’t vote Republican for President. In fact, my candidate was knocked out fairly early.
Just between us, I think Richard Simmons might make a great President…..hell, at least we could all be sweating to the oldies…right?
And who is the Progressive Party? Democrats? Why don't you just say so? I have read another post from you which was critical of Obama and his attempts to straighten out the mess he walked into. Did you write something similar when W came into office with a balanced budget, then proceeded to run up the largest deficit in our history?
If you are disappointed with government in general, I can understand. But to blame this president for trying to get our country back on course when he had nothing to do with what got us here in the first place sounds like sour grapes on your part that your party lost the election this time.
As for Wendy's comment about taking away the interest deduction for mortgages, the plan which has been discussed would affect less than 4% of the population. It isn't across the board for everyone.
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