tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post6949720851566609600..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: Public benefits benefit all of us. . .Larry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-10726720988606328172011-03-31T20:55:06.487-05:002011-03-31T20:55:06.487-05:00Anon 543, we embrace many and various accountabili...Anon 543, we embrace many and various accountabilities with all our revenue sources, as well as our program outcomes. I feel very good about the scale, scope and depth of our engagement and partnerships with low income families. Last year we assisted over 53,000 different individuals. We provided stable housing for almost 200 formerly homeless persons including wrap around services, job training in construction skills with over 70%+ landing jobs, etc, etc, etc. Come see me and I'll show you. As for my personal integrity, I will leave that to the one I attempt to follow, even if faltering.Larry Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-66743698735577508272011-03-31T17:58:37.181-05:002011-03-31T17:58:37.181-05:00Last Anon:
Wow! You get the prize. That was jus...Last Anon:<br /><br />Wow! You get the prize. That was just weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-82120554258620220322011-03-30T17:43:02.660-05:002011-03-30T17:43:02.660-05:00At what juncture does integrity play a part in you...At what juncture does integrity play a part in your actual, daily life? What kinds of oversight is in place to ensure your organization is skimming off the top and benefitting from the plight of economically-disadvantaged people? Personally, are your hands clean of impropriety in how you deal with constituents you clearly benefit from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-42236019572656596492011-03-29T15:59:38.532-05:002011-03-29T15:59:38.532-05:00The Heritage Foundation did a study a couple of ye...The Heritage Foundation did a study a couple of years ago.<br /><br />The number of Americans dependent on government for their daily housing, food and health care is more than 60 million. We are rapidly approaching the point where more than one third of Americans do not pay federal taxes for bendfits they receive. In 1980, 20 million tax filers paid no taxes; in 2008, 48 million paid nothing. Since 2001, dependency on government has soared 31%.<br /><br />Starting in 2016, social security will not collect enough taxes to pay all the promised benefits; this spells serious trouble for HALF of the American workforce that has no other retirement program.<br /><br />America was founded on the independent spirit. Do we want to be a nation of dependency? I certainly hope not. We do not want to be another Socialist Europe, who by the way are trying to reign it in.<br /><br />Brian, I do not see a nation beholden to the benevolent government has the potential to bless anybody. It will make us slaves.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-48985417054749930742011-03-29T15:48:20.431-05:002011-03-29T15:48:20.431-05:00Brian, thanks for your kind words.Brian, thanks for your kind words.Larry Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-41769190350209309742011-03-29T15:48:05.818-05:002011-03-29T15:48:05.818-05:00Laura, at best a terribly inadequate enrollment/ce...Laura, at best a terribly inadequate enrollment/certificaiton infrastructure. At worst. . .well, I won't go there, but it is not hard to figure out how the best relates to and serves the worst, huh?Larry Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-82051672717277880332011-03-29T12:20:08.496-05:002011-03-29T12:20:08.496-05:00Larry,
I just wanted to thank you for this blog. O...Larry,<br />I just wanted to thank you for this blog. Of course this is just a small part of your ministry, but I've been reading it now for about four years, and slowly but surely I've been transformed by your consistent, compelling advocacy on behalf of the people society wants to leave behind. Of course, the things you argue for aren't just for their sake . . . the society you are working to create is one that has the potential to bless all who are a part of it! I see that now. Keep up the good work!Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-55407266269939627682011-03-29T12:16:36.628-05:002011-03-29T12:16:36.628-05:00Larry, what is keeping TX and Texans from collecti...Larry, what is keeping TX and Texans from collecting those benefits? I have some suspicions but would love to hear your point of view<br /><br />Appreciate you-<br />Laura<br />Abilene, TXAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820599063215602782noreply@blogger.com