Nagin would ’support’ requiring able-bodied public housing residents to work

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 21, 2006 at 7:52 pm

Via the Baltimore Sun (emphasis added):

Mayor Ray Nagin has urged the federal government to move cautiously in restoring public housing, saying he does not want to settle for having the projects – many of them crime-ridden and in poor condition – restored to pre-Katrina conditions.

Nagin said yesterday that he would support requiring public housing residents to work if they are physically able to.

Apparently, his support for such a requirement is a recent development.

That decision is up to local officials, and the Housing Authority of New Orleans, which handles day-to-day management of the projects, does not require residents to work.

What else to say to that but “wow!”?

Unbelievable.

Hat tip: La Shawn Barber

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    1. forest hunter says:

      This sort of reminds me of an old school book. I believe it was a chicken portrayed as the doer, as in the planter of grain, harvester of such and ultimately the baker of bread from the crop being reaped. All the while asking for volunteers to aid in the process to no avail, that is until the eating part came into play.

      Wow indeed. Build me a mansion and take my foodstamps down to the store for some more twinkies! Now loser! Chop! Chop!

      (Shaking his head as he turns away in disgust)

    2. forest hunter says:

      BTW- Is supporting the requirement much different than say, requiring it?

    3. camojack says:

      They should be made to do those so-called “jobs that Americans won’t”, I say… :-w