Jordan Kushner writes: "The end of the article also has a revealing exchange reflecting the fallout of RT's class warfare on behalf of his rich neighbors in Linden Hills. In response to Gary Schiff noting 'the issue as a battle between the poorer inner city neighborhoods and richer outlying areas,' Linden Hills council member Barrett Lane, 'a usually calm City Council member, was angered by Schiff's comments. 'This isn't about politics. This is about keeping the lights on,' Lane said. 'If we fail to do our duty here . . . then we will fail the poorest people in the city because the rich people will leave.' This seems to be quite the classic warped conservative rhetoric that somehow the poor need the rich. How does this have anything to do with reality"?
And the class warfare charge isn't just as warped and just as rhetorical on the liberal side? If it's so horrible to have people who have worked hard, educated themselves and have achieved some degree of success for their efforts, then why don't you invite the "rich people" (however that's defined) to leave? Perhaps Lane should take up the idea suggested by his predecessor Steve Minn and have the 13th ward be annexed to the city of Edina. Then you won't have to be bothered by all those "rich people" and the tax revenue they generate for the City of Minneapolis. You can then just have a complete ghettoization of the City of Minneapolis. Of course, then I'm sure the claim will be the "rich people", in their decrepitude, "oppressed" the poor in Minneapolis by leaving them in economically segregated neighborhoods- or some other similar charge. The reality is this, the "rich" and "poor" have plenty to be interdependent over. Let's drop the inflammatory class warfare attacks and see if we can work together to solve a problem that affects us all. Gary Bowman Audubon Park Who's not sure if he's "rich", "poor" or "somewhere in between". Depends on who you ask. ===== "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.'' --Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
