$ 1,000,000,000.00 in poor areas

[Jim_Baur]

The United States federal government raised one billion dollars for the Ukraine.
What would a billion dollars do in some of our struggling metropolitan areas or in our rural areas that are poor?
Let us turn to the great people of America, the private citizens.

If private billionaire citizens were to donate a billion dollars in either rural poverty areas or in impoverished metropolitan areas, they could build 10,000 homes and each one could be a $ 100,000 home. The economic development would also be enormous.
If the private citizen and synagogues, temples, masques, and churches got involved, they too could make a major impact in any community.
The private citizens are a great answer.

 

[fastenatingguy]

It’s a kind thought. But I’m “Thomas” when it comes to such things.

My concern is that government (if responsible for “implementation”) would find a way to “waste and abuse” most of the funds on all kinds of worthless endeavors. A private group would hopefully do a better job, but even that would be ripe with problems.

Ideally, the private citizens/faith groups as you describe might offer the greatest hope for success. But look what Bill Gates’ wife came up with in Africa.

 

[Jim_Baur]

fastenatingguy

Yes! There will always be problems, complications and irresponsible people–always!

The idea is to make sure the government stays out of the way.

In my judgment (use rose glasses of course) that local billionaires could actually pull it off.

I live in St. Louis and we have several families that could name the community after their own families–Bush, Walker, Busch, Taylor, and Jones…etc.

Oprah could do the same thing–Oprah Dom! Cosby Dom! etc…

 

[Jim_Baur]

Concerning Bill Gates and Buffetts, I do not know, but I suspect that it is for tax purposes.

Those two alone could change rural and urban America.

Let the government protect us and build the infrastructure.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

We have spent trillions since Lyndon Johnson, to no effect.

I understand where you are coming from, but money alone is obviously not the answer.

 

[ThinkingSapien]

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

I agree with you. Money alone isn’t enough. Some times the solution to money problems is not money. That’s not to say it would not involve money.

In Atlanta there was a disadvantaged family that received a house, paid off, along with other resources. A few years later they were evicted and looking for a place to live. They had gotten a loan against the house and could not pay it off.

I wonder if there is a change in policy that would help some of the poor. Training for job skills may help, but then there would also need to be places hiring to make use of the skills…This may be a problem for which the solution has many parts.

 

[Jared2914]

The United States federal government raised one billion dollars for the Ukraine.
What would a billion dollars do in some of our struggling metropolitan areas or in our rural areas that are poor?
Let us turn to the great people of America, the private citizens.

If private billionaire citizens were to donate a billion dollars in either rural poverty areas or in impoverished metropolitan areas, they could build 10,000 homes and each one could be a $ 100,000 home. The economic development would also be enormous.
If the private citizen and synagogues, temples, masques, and churches got involved, they too could make a major impact in any community.
The private citizens are a great answer.

I agree with others that it’s not just about money. The bigger problem is not enough people do service in their community. I guess one option involving money could be giving people a tax credit for volunteering a certain number of hours, but then there’s the whole problem of verifying that someone actually volunteered and whether it was a good cause or not. Most people are willing to donate money to charity. How many of them are willing to donate time? Very few.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

We have spent trillions since Lyndon Johnson, to no effect.

I understand where you are coming from, but money alone is obviously not the answer.

The problem there is lack of jobs. Doesn’t matter if people have the skills when there are no jobs for them. Most months these days there are more college graduates than jobs created. Over time underemployment and people on welfare will continue to rise. Even low skilled jobs are scarce. These are jobs that don’t require any education, but they are still hard to find these days.

 

[Tzimisce]

The United States federal government raised one billion dollars for the Ukraine.
What would a billion dollars do in some of our struggling metropolitan areas or in our rural areas that are poor?
Let us turn to the great people of America, the private citizens.

If private billionaire citizens were to donate a billion dollars in either rural poverty areas or in impoverished metropolitan areas, they could build 10,000 homes and each one could be a $ 100,000 home. The economic development would also be enormous.
If the private citizen and synagogues, temples, masques, and churches got involved, they too could make a major impact in any community.
The private citizens are a great answer.

If you give someone something, they don’t value it.

If you give a house to the “poor”, what does that say to the people breaking their backs to buy houses themselves?

You can buy a house right now for 1 dollar.

The house will be in Detroit Michigan. It won’t have any pipes or wire - cause looters have long since taken it. There will be no garbage service, no hospital, no school, no police or fire service, the street lamps outside are all burned out and the first person to greet you in your new home will be the tax man wanting to know where his 50k in taxes are.

The moral of the story is that money alone won’t fix the problem with poverty.

 

[Jim_Baur]

I am the OP.

I totally agree that money is not the answer.

We live on GRACE–GOD’s love.

There were several ideas going.

The citizens can do it. Hopefully religious Christians, but all religions could do it.

Also, Russia has enough land and so do we. If we are going to fix anything, have flushing toilets in Moscow and fellow American without the government could help those that cannot pull themselves out of the bog by their own hair.

I know that irresponsibility has to be changed to responsible love.

However, as Mother Teresa said: We prove God’s exist by loving.

It is highly complex!!! I know that.

Not that citizens can read and comprehend history. Perhaps we should shame the governments of the world.

The only country that I can think of that was founded without land and with a crucified leader is the Kingdom of God. We do not have a land. Our citizenship is in heaven.

 

[WKW_69]

The United States federal government raised one billion dollars for the Ukraine.
What would a billion dollars do in some of our struggling metropolitan areas or in our rural areas that are poor?
Let us turn to the great people of America, the private citizens.

If private billionaire citizens were to donate a billion dollars in either rural poverty areas or in impoverished metropolitan areas, they could build 10,000 homes and each one could be a $ 100,000 home. The economic development would also be enormous.
If the private citizen and synagogues, temples, masques, and churches got involved, they too could make a major impact in any community.
The private citizens are a great answer.

The government should not build free houses for people since that leads to deflation of the market and people that will not take care of the house. For example, The habitat for Humanity free house building leads to the majority of people that receive the free house getting a loan on the home that they can’t afford to pay off then lose the house and/or selling it at a handsome profit.

 

[Jim_Baur]

I agree. I do not believe the role of government is to take care of other people. That is the role of Christians.

I know it is a dream. I cannot image billionaires giving up what they earned. But then again, there are miracles. I do believe in miracles.

NOT ALL POOR PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POVERTY.

I DO NOT KNOW THE PERCENTAGES.

ALL POOR CHILDREN ARE FREE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

 

[mikekle]

It’s a kind thought. But I’m “Thomas” when it comes to such things.

My concern is that government (if responsible for “implementation”) would find a way to “waste and abuse” most of the funds on all kinds of worthless endeavors. A private group would hopefully do a better job, but even that would be ripe with problems.

Ideally, the private citizens/faith groups as you describe might offer the greatest hope for success. But look what Bill Gates’ wife came up with in Africa.

I have to agree, it does sound nice on paper, but when it comes to money and the US Govt, there is just too much corruption at every single level along the way, I doubt even a small percentage would make it to the cause.

 

[Jim_Baur]

I am the OP.

I did not suggest that the government do it.

It has to come from private citizens.

If moved by God’s love, perhaps that would heal some of the irresponsibility.

We must live by LOVE.

 

[St_Francis]

I think that we need to evangelize. Probably there are as many reasons for poverty as there are poor people, but free houses, free stuff, and jobs programs have not yet worked. Why? Because our “solutions” do not consider the actual problems!

We all ought to know that when it comes to fixing problems, God is vitally jeeded! Without Him, we can do nothing. So why are we trying to accomplish all tyese things without His help? Why do we expect poor people to improve without His help? It’s totally crazy!

 

[Jim_Baur]

My ultimate dream would be to have Christ’s love touch the hearts of the wealthy and the poor at the same time!!!

 

[Boatswain2PA]

The United States federal government raised one billion dollars for the Ukraine.
What would a billion dollars do in some of our struggling metropolitan areas or in our rural areas that are poor?
Let us turn to the great people of America, the private citizens.

If private billionaire citizens were to donate a billion dollars in either rural poverty areas or in impoverished metropolitan areas, they could build 10,000 homes and each one could be a $ 100,000 home. The economic development would also be enormous.
If the private citizen and synagogues, temples, masques, and churches got involved, they too could make a major impact in any community.
The private citizens are a great answer.

Of course, if the guv’ment spent a billion building homes, there would only be 1000 homes worth $100,000 because of the administrative costs of executing such a contract.

Furthermore, all 1000 homes would be built in the same neighborhood, thus driving down the market and rental value of all other homes in that neighborhood.