I have read the comments
by Lt. Governor Bauer regarding government subsidies and I came away at first thinking of all those gaffes by VP Biden. I
will not attempt to interpret the intention of Lt. Governor’s remarks but I will briefly comment on his statement following
a brief story:
Back in the early eighties I spent some time
in Southie (South Boston) conducting political research regarding the deep division within the communities of Jamaica Plain,
Southie, and Roxbury Massachusetts resulting from years of Liberal Social engineering. Southie’s notorious gangster
James “Whitey” Bulger often credited his opportunities for fame & fortune to the failed “Kennedy Experiments”
of the seventies. I met three democrats from the area - Jerome, Michael, & Gerald and we all became good friends. I was
saddened to know that the Jerome’s brother was in prison for killing a young boy in a race riot in Roxbury in the late
70’s. Jerome was a bus driver in Boston and grew up in a street gang. Gerald, was unemployed at the time of my visit
and once was beaten severely by a gang and left for dead. Michael was a Patriot and an ex-US Marine who fought briefly in
BeirutWorcester. then returned to a dish washing job in
After
leaving Boston I realized that these people were dealing with the same issues that I was confronted with daily while going
to school in the south. While growing up in the New Orleans area during the sixties and seventies I was exposed to constant
racial hostilities mostly as a result of governmental intrusion in the local school systems and federal subsidies. Like my
friends from New England, we rejected the experiment and rebelled against social indoctrination- they had it much worse than
I due to busing.
I returned to Boston in 1986 as a guest
of my Democrat (closet-conservative) friends from Quincy Mass who had front row tickets to the World Series at Fenway Park
between the Mets and the Sox –I had a blast. Since my last visit years earlier my friends Jerome, Michael, & Gerald
have become die-hard Reagan Republicans which alienated many of their friends and family – a bittersweet conversion
but I was nevertheless proud.
The strange thing about this
story is that Jerome, Michael, and Gerald were all black. I attempted to contact these guys during the Senatorial Race to
no avail. I regret losing contact with them even though I spent months in Bellingham and Weymouth in 2005. I now wonder if
what seemed to be just male-bonding during my long ago visits may have played some small part in recent events.
I still contend that the majority of these issues are directly related
to lack of education and decades of liberal indoctrination and social engineering which has gotten much worse in recent years.
My point behind the story is that I have hundreds of African-America friends who are true patriotic conservative Republicans
and like millions of other minorities across America want this cultural of dependency to stop and stop now!
This is not a race thing – it’s a political thing!
Mr. Bauer could have used more appropriate verbiage I agree; however
his views are in line with the beliefs of the majority of South Carolinians and most Americans. Taxpayers shouldn’t
have to subsidize citizens that could otherwise contribute to the betterment of society. Undeserving subsidies encourage dependency
which is harmful to the recipients as well as society. We as a community along with the Government in order to survive must
work these individuals off of assistance and somehow get them into the workplace.
I received many emails and responses to my Facebook posts regarding Bauer’s statement; nearly all were
positive but most just condemned his choice of words.
