Sustainable farming is already starting to show up in places like Bronx, Staten Island, South Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton, and likely tons of other places. It can work, if you don't dismiss it before trying it.
That's sustainable GARDENING, not farming. There are no 500 acre plots in the middle of the Bronx.
Raising minimum wage is an effort to force companies to become more fiscally responsible, instead of diverting much of its revenue to executive wealth.
The people who own the company vote on a board of directors, the board of directors comes up with a executive pay and bonus program with the approval of the owners of the company. Guess who the owners are? Your grandparents, parents, school teachers, basically anyone invested in the market. If you got a 401K, you got skin in the game, if you don't care about your retirement and could care less if your investment ever grows, just make all the executives work for 2Xwages and see where all the talent goes.
I'm sorry, but the nation as a whole has some of the worst rated infrastructure of all leading countries in the world. The bridges across 'Murica are the worst they have ever been, ever. Let's fix them.
I don't want unemployed unskilled labor building MY bridges. I want bona fide engineers and skilled labor from the private market with a proven record to do that.
Were still 16th best infrastructure in the world, 132 countries have it worse. Besides I have a Toyota Land Cruiser and it goes anywhere with ease.
Yes, I meant better public transportation. Flint would do well to have public transportation to outside of Flint, into neighboring towns/cities. So would Trenton, and Baltimore, and Atlanta, and Charlotte.
hardly anyone will use them which means they become a drain on the taxpayers because of the maintenance costs can't be spread out amongst the fare payers.
Yes, cost effective housing is possible, and no, it does not need to be a trailer park. It could be something like a nationalized Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for humanity is nation wide bro, or do you mean just build free houses for everyone? Why a house, why not a 7,000 Sq Foot 3 story mansion for everyone? Why stop there? Why not fill the garage with Ferrari and Porsche and have an Olympic size swimming pool out back. If a small free house is good for people, a bigger more opulent one would be better.
In reality though, free housing soon becomes slum housing.
Ever been in the housing projects? Know why its so dirty and broke down? Cuz no one gives a shit, it was given to them. No respect for that which you didn't earn yourself.
You have a heart, but people will just take take take and never give if you let them. Oh sure a select few might be grateful and actually use the resources given to them, but those people would have done so in any circumstance. Many people are very willing to just settle for what they got even if it isn't much.