Originally Posted by
Retroit
If criminals stopped committing crimes, it would not cost anything.
If parents did a better job of disciplining their children, it would not cost anything.
If neighbors picked up all the litter in their neighborhood, it would not cost anything.
If students stayed in school until they graduated, it would not cost any extra.
If people stopped having children out of wedlock, or at least without the intention of taking responsibility for them, it would not cost anything.
If people stopped making excuses for friends and family members that prey on others, it will not cost anything.
If people stopped taking drugs, and getting drunk, and smoking, it would not cost anything.
Many immigrants came to this country without a pot to piss in and did so to better themselves, not to be made better by the government. Things started going to pot in Detroit when people began thinking that they have no power to improve their lives and must instead depend on the government to come to the rescue.
"Better sense of community" means neighborhoods where most of the buildings our occupied, people don't live in constant fear, and neighbors are more likely to take care of each other than prey on each other.