Wishes and fishes Jim.   I wish we could put your life lessons in a pill,    But that's not a realistic hope.      

If you had to speculate, what barriers would the people living in high crime, high poverty face to get themselves out.   Men, boys, Women, children, all can be alone in facing the crime.

At what age do you think that most of us learned our values?   What could change those childhood values?

Clearly past urban programs have failed to move people out of violence and poverty, I'm not going to heap praise on Dem/Rep for their failed policy.   I'm honestly curious for alternatives.

I didn't throw my daughters in the pool and tell them they are failures for sinking to the bottom.   You get the idea, I think the nation can help the 'least of us', ( and their children)