Inner Cities: Voting | Feb 18th 2008
How is it that major urban areas can be left to rot while suburbia is thriving?
A major reason for this is voting. Everyone must remember one thing about politicians, they are always going to try and be reelected. Therefore, they must always pander to those who vote.
Unfortunately, poor inner city people vote at a much lower rate than middle and upper class people do. Voting is directly tied to education. The more education a person has, the more likely that person is to vote.
Making matters even worse for those living in the ghettos is that they tend to vote for one party. The democratic party is very strong within inner cities, and among the poor in general.
Therefore, the Democrats do not have to work to get the vote of the inner city and this makes for a deadly combination.
So, the schools stay broken in the ghettos of America. A good example of this can once again be found in Antioch. The High School is at 120% capacity. They have asked for money to be allocated from the state but did not receive the funding.
The sad thing is, this is not unusual in America’s cities. Rather, it is the norm.
I must point out, the topic of inner cities is way more complicated than I am “leading on”. However, there is a very simple solution. It seems insane that such a complicated issue can be resolved without much effort, however, believe it or not, the answer is right in front of our noses.
We will discuss this solution next time.
