--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I'm responding to a rather old message that I just saw scanning
> through while I was seeking something else!
>
> It appears to me that most of the "New" People who have arrived
here
> in the past 5-7 years are actually Raping Asbury Park,
NOT "Standing
> Up" for Anything good at ALL here!
Steve, in case you haven't noticed, the Berlin Wall has come down.
How am I raping Asbury? I continue to pay school taxes and don't use
the system? You like to place blame for all this country's ills on
those you characterize as rich or wealthy. Those same people pay a
lot of the bills through taxes and by employing others. Is there a
divide? Certainly. But anyone can go for the brass ring. Twenty
years ago my salary put me below the poverty level. Now I pay more
in local income taxes than many people earn. I don't begrudge paying
those taxes and having a minor in economics, I fully understand that
it is a redistribution of wealth. But then I don't appreciate being
lectured by you. I would just like you to say thank you.
Many of the solutions of the 1960's simply do not work. They have
created generations of welfare recipients. Give a hungry man a
fishing pole and not a fish. Must there be a safety net? Sure, but
don't make it a permanent feather bed.
The last thing AP needs is the Market Mission. They will not screen
their "customers" and religious groups have a spotty record in being
good neighbors operating such facilities. Stop makingblanket
statements about those who support SUFA. I, and others who support
it, do not support Fishman or the majority on the council wo have
let him have his way. As more COs are delivered for new units, the
more affordable housing payments are made by Partners. That money
needs to be put to good use by the city (preferably by people like
Keady) to find a long-term solution to homelessness and increase
home ownership in AP. Couple that with ZERO TOLERANCE for crime and
quality of life issues. It is you who are spouting racist views by
demonizing and lump diverse persons into groups (newcomers from NYC).
Want to make a difference? Make more money and pay more taxes.
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