Yes, I was one of them. I did, however, have the chance to get an education, have a career, and earn a living. As white guys, we had an inside track. If you feel Democratic programs are a gravy train, you must be a lot poorer than I assumed you were. In the worst neighborhoods in Minneapolis and Detroit, there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not criminals. The broad brush is not a blanket condemnation of people living in ghettos; it's just the fact that ghettos breed crime because they force so many people to exist under conditions that don't let them thrive. So much sustained poverty in a country that is nominally Christian is a violation of what we say we stand for.

Bill Ferguson