Free and Open markets will benefit the poor more than
government programs have done for the last 50 years. Progress is our goal.
The minimum wage will do little to improve your life. Inflation
eats away at your pay check every day. This policy designed by the Federal
Reserve costs you but benefits the financial industry. Today a dollar buys
about as much as a dime did in 1913. This and other government policies add to
your costs every day. Let’s not burden
businesses with a cost that will harm them. Let’s solve the inflation problem that
eats up your earnings in the first place
Zoning laws have been designed to exclude certain groups
of people, usually minorities and are expensive. Nationally it has been
estimated that they costs about $1.6 trillion annually or $9000 per worker,
drive up the costs of housing for first time buyers and add to the cost for
renters. Housing regulations that simply
add to your costs should be abolished
Occupational licensing laws originally part of the post
Civil War Black Codes and later as part of the Jim Crow laws they were designed
to keep blacks and other minorities from competing with whites. Today they
continue to prevent competition and increase prices for consumer. Even
licensing regulations for doctors do almost nothing to protect patients. It is time to abolish these Jim Crow Laws.
In 1950 about 5% of jobs required a license. Today about 35% do.
Since the World War II the United States has deployed a
large part of our military overseas. As a result our national military costs
seven or eight times what our allies or about $2200 annually for each American
compared to about $500 annually for the citizen of Germany, Japan and South
Korea. American workers are subsidizing the defense of the nations our workers
compete against in a world of global competition and spend about $85 billion annually to do so.
For the last 50 years the government has managed our
urban bus and light rail systems and made it difficult if not impossible for
businesses or individuals to compete. At the same time many low income people
still go without access to dependable transportation to jobs and stores.
Usually these are working women and single mothers as well as minority members
of the community. The government’s own study says this.
“The lack of
personal mobility has economic, social and human costs, such as higher
unemployment, reduced tax revenue,
greater welfare and medical costs, and limited social potential.”
“Almost half those
without an automobile are persons 65 years or older, and of these, 81% are
women.”
“...23% of
full-time working mothers and almost 60% of part-time working mothers have
non-traditional work hours. This reduces women’s ability to join carpools or
find appropriately-scheduled transit options.”
“...nearly 40% of
central city African-American households were without access to an automobile,
compared to fewer than one of out five white central city households.”
It is time to open
the market to other alternative providers.
The Drug War has caused serious damage to the African-American
family as well as others low income groups nationwide. Poor people have been
targeted by law enforcement nationwide because of the drug war. The poor are
more likely to have less access to adequate legal help than the well to do and
suffer the consequences.
The National Debt is
now almost $20 trillion or almost $60,000 for every citizen in the nation. Do you have $60,000 you can spare?
