Ronald Reagan Was Older Than I Was

When I Was A Boy We Were Poor And We Had To Make Do With What We Had. So My Grandma Used To Make Us Quits That We Used For Blankets. She Couldn't Afford To Go To The Store And Buy A Blanket -- So She'd Take Scraps Of Cloth And Sew Them Together. There'd Be Different Colors And Different Patterns And Different Types Of Cloth -- But They All Went Together To Make That Big Quilt To Keep Us Warm.

Most Blacks Will Argue That They Excel Because Of Hard Work, Because Of Intellect, Determination, Sweat, Blood, Tears And Risk.

Most Poor People Are Not On Welfare. . . I Know They Work. I'm A Witness. They Catch The Early Bus. They Work Every Day. They Raise Other People's Children. They Work Every Day. They Clean The Streets. They Work Every Day. They Drive Vans With Cabs. They Work Every Day. They Change Beds You Slept In These Hotels Last Night And Can't Get A Union Contract. They Work Every Day . . .

A Man Who Cannot Be Enticed By Money Or Intimidated By The Threat Of Jail Or Death Has Two Of The Strongest Weapons That Anyone Has To Offer.

Urban America Has Been Redlined. Government Has Not Offered Tax Incentives For Investment, As It Has In A Dozen Foreign Markets. Banks Have Redlined It. Industries Have Moved Out, They've Redlined It. Clearly, To Break Up The Redlining Process, There Must Be Incentives To Green-line With Hedges Against Risk.