The Unintended Consequences of Liberal Social Engineering

Wall Street Journal subscriber article; Washington's 'Fair Housing' Assault on Local Zoning  "Our experience in Westchester shows what the country can expect from a new federal discrimination rule."

 

Thomas Sowell on Unintended Consequences   "Quite aside from the question of whose values and habits may be better is the question of the effects of people living cheek by jowl with other people who put very different values on noise, politeness, education and other things that make for good or bad relations between neighbors. People with children to protect are especially concerned about who lives next door or down the street.

"But such mundane matters often get brushed aside by ideological crusaders out to change the world to fit their own vision."

Rush Limbaugh  "...Okay, let's fast forward to today.  Social engineering is on the verge of being imposed on entire neighborhoods, adults and children alike.  I want to read a little paragraph here from a document about the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD.  "The agency wants the power to dismantle local zoning so communities have what it considers the right mix of economic, racial and ethnic diversity. A finding of discriminatory behavior, or allegations of discrimination, would no longer be necessary.

".... HUD wants to be able to force people to move into certain neighborhoods so that there is racial, economic, and ethnic diversity in the neighborhood, not just bus kids to schools.  This is that times 10.  What this is, is nationalizing neighborhoods."

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