Greetings,
According to the Tuesday, September 9, 1997 issue of The Buffalo
News:
Half the renters in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls area
are unable to afford the monthly payments for the
typical apartment, according to a new national study.
Those facing problems with housing finances are
forced into substandard apartments or find themselves
spending less than the federal standard on things such
as food, clothing and health care, housing experts said.
The study, which based its findings on federal housing
data, shows an increasing number of residents in the state
unable to keep their wages growing with their housing costs
(Front Page, A1).
The report goes on to detail the anti-social trend in several other
states.
What is needed to reverse and end this anti-social trend? A
pro-social program.
Elements of a pro-social program include:
(1) recognition that all humans have inviolable rights by dint of being
human.
(2) a moratorium on all debt servicing.
(3) nationalization of the banks and wholesale trade.
(4) more to be put into the economy than taken out.
(5) demilitarization of the economy.
(6) the people themselves to decide the direction of society.
(7) full and equal citizenship for all irrespective of national origin.
(8) democratic renewal of the political process.
(9) modern(ized) Constitution based on modern definitions.
There is no other way to defeat the anti-social offensive and its
effects. Features of the anti-social offensive include:
(1) liberalization.
(2) privatization.
(3) rule by decree.
The effects of the anti-social offensive can be felt everywhere,
especially in peoples' lack of control over their lives.
Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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