Observations From The Trenches

0:00The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of the staff and management of WBCA or the Boston Neighborhood Network. If you would like to express another opinion, you can address your comments to Boston Neighborhood Network, 3025 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02119. To arrange a time for your own commentary, you can call WBCA at 617-708-3215 or email radio at bnmdia.org. I'm here Boston. I'm your host Larry Hingman. And you're listening to WBCA 102.net film, named a little talk called from a trenches baby. I'm speaking about things I see out here with the hopes of hopefully saying you have something different. Some things we need to do different to increase our quality of life. And this September 1st, we was inundated with you. You got to

1:01vote, vote, vote, vote like your life, depending on it. And when I want to put out to the young people again as a boomer, I just turned 73, 33, thank God for those 73 years. I've been around seeing a few things. So she and my wisdom to young people because right now it's your call. As those boomers get out your way along with this sound generation, you guys call. And some things that came to unsubscribe to last three and a decade. Not that voting is not important on player, don't play a role, but the importance of giving the black Americans was wrong. In a society found in free capitalism, free market, right? At the end of the day, how are you going to fare? How are you living? Going to come down to what you can do. Not who's not who's in office. And Rob, once you guys just think about your call now, what is voting a chief for black Americans in the past five decades, oh, and your voting career? I won't even voting. What is actually voting a chief for you? And what I mean by that,

2:07when I first thought it to question something the ism's I was raised on by my parents of the caregivers. I remember when I first thought it to really think about the importance of voting or the lack of was when Jimmy Crockett was Jimmy Codder got slaughtered by Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan beat the pants off me. When I got back home and looked at my apartment and said Larry, what has changed from your vote? Has the food increasing your refrigerator? Be back on account approved. And so what I want you to come under, see young people, do what I'm voting September 1st today is what the night? And these last eight days, right? How's your life changed? Well, the person, well, the person one who you voted for now, how has your life changed? And again, I'm not against voting. What I want you to really, really think about right is the limitation of voting that I think black Americans have

3:08never, ever, ever, ever been given. I understand why I'm out of the chose politics because why I'm coming out of this statement. I'm gonna see the one you've had no rights. None. The get Jim, the get Jim Crow 2.2 2.0. We had no rights economically being stagnated, castrated, anybody anything could right have us hung a link. So I'm just why they wanted to have laws to protect us. And they viewed that voting was essential. But when you really sit back and think about it in the free market economy, at the end of the day, how you are living, going to come down to what your skills and your money, you're gonna live as well as your money will allow. And that comes back to your income. And so I want you to just think about it. What is voting chief for American blacks in the past five decades? And as a lifelong person, the voted Democrat, we train it way. I can say when I really sit back and look at it, right, I can't see

4:11absolutely nothing of something that we have gotten from voting democratic all my life. Nothing, can't see the Boston. Nothing, nothing. And so again, I'm not pro-Norcon when it comes to voting. But I see it for what it is. Does it have importance? It does. But does it have importance based on how I'm gonna live and free market economy answers no? Because how I live out there is going to depend on what my money can afford. You know what time time time I, well people can't afford this. Tough economy. You know people have food insecurity, that's the word for me, they broke. Housing affordability, again, your income cannot, you know, cover that mortgage or that rent. But it never say to these people, hey, you know, you really need to go back and uproot your skills.

5:12Or get into a more lucrative occupation, never say that to you. It's always what politicians are gonna do to make life better for you. And I would really challenge you all for more information you can, right? What does government do in a free market economy? What's the role of government in a free market economy? And you'll see other than you know having rules and make sure if they're playing, if nothing to do with prices being set, if nothing to do, you know, without things end up costing you or not costing you. The market says that. The same thing with, you know, with food prices. Come here, if nothing to do with that, you know, the free market determined what food prices are going to be. Now yes, when government makes some silly mistakes like, you know, going over in Iran, it can have the market now become jitters and prices go up. But the market is setting those prices. It's not going to do with the government.

6:16All right, the same thing with the quotas. All right, government is interfering in something that it should be not, you should not be involved then. So the market will react. But here's the thing that wants you to consider. There are many people, right? Despite, they'll be in a spike in gas and food and electricity. They're not winding their crime. They might not want to pay those prices, but they can. And they're not big enough. And I really, it's really a sign that Barnett Bernie Sanders and Ms. Presley and all of all would keep you focused on wealthy people. I want to be one of them. But you never tell you, hey, how these people get to be a millionaire being there. How did you get there? What are you doing that you're not doing? Or I'm not doing? What did they know that we're not knowing? And a statistic I saw, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, all first time millionaire on self-made. There was no inheritance.

7:22They occupation, their company, their product, whatever it is. The reason why they became very successful. Our free market economy rewards individual initiatives, individual creativity. But they won't tell you that. 77, 77, of all new millionaires, our first time being theirs. What Jesus, that means, that's hope for me. Because here's how I'm supposed to become wealthy in our great society, call free market enterprise. You produce a product, all right, that you can sell, or you provide a service that you can sell, or you become the essential labor that's needed in that process. See that you're going to get paid very well to do well. That is open to all of us. So if folks try to criticize Eon Mus for creating Tesla, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? And this is something that brings Sanders no end, Mr. Presley. And Liz

8:29Warren no. When they say the beating is going to pay no tax, because they don't take income, they don't take a salary. They know that. These folks not being paid in salaries the way you and I they're being paid in stocks and stocks are not taxable. Why is not income? So some of them are like Eon Mus. Okay. They say he's now worth of $3,000. His stock is worth $3,000. Because why the market pushed up the value of those stocks? You can't blame me for that. So he can't be taxed on that trillion dollar on paper. But he can take that same trillion dollar, stock portfolio, go to financial institutes to look at him. My stock is not worth a trillion dollar. I want to use Escalatoral these stocks and I want $300 billion in cash. And they give me that.

9:31That's not taxable. Bernie Sanders knows that. Liz Warren knows that. Mr. Presley knows that. Who creates right? The taxes, although the rules for taxation they do. So you can't blame Eon Mus and those guys for that. But they won't tell you that. The most thing that they don't tell you that Jesus in his free market economy, but better for worse now. If you produce a product that you can sell over by the server that you can sell, you're going to do well too. Do you want to tell you that? Why? Because I want you to stay stuck on crumbs. When you got the section 8, don't you? You got a place. You got some welfare don't you? You got some food stamps don't you? You got some snap crack on pop don't you? What more do you want? Aren't you grateful to us for making sure that you have these impromptu programs and so called safety net. Well, that's your social

10:35social right there. That's not free market. It's taking taxpayers, taxpayers money to take care of healthy men and women. I'm not against right. Provide support for folks who are unable or infirm or old, but the vessels you're at all of these people on these programs are healthy men and women. And you should have never had a program of so-called safety net that's based on having babies. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? So you're rewarding people for doing things that you know are kind of a duck into their own elevation. But they do that because why? It benefits them because you'll be beholding because you are stuck out here on those government programs to vote blue no matter who. They don't make you well off or prosperous. It keeps you stuck

11:39in poverty on the bottom just getting them just getting by and becomes generational. So on this here Wednesday September 9th, 9 days after September 1st after voting, my question to the genexgencies and millennials as I asked myself with three plus decades ago, what has voted chief or American blacks in the past five years, or what has voted chief for you in your voting career? What's done for you? What has voting done for you? And the answer I came with three and a half decades ago when Jimmy Carter got his pants beaten up, beat nothing about Ronald Reagan was nothing. Nothing. Nothing. And everybody voted for CIS then. Voting blue no matter who. He didn't answer me.

12:40And as I started to question something that is I was raised with by my parents and other caregivers, I started realizing this thing called free matter capitalism, but better or worse. As soon as there was no government young people, who is responsible to make sure that you have food? Shelter, clothing, etc. Who would be responsible to make sure that you could have the basis? You would be. You would be. And so I'm somewhat the fellow when they say, guzzling, they ain't taking, they ain't doing their job. Affordability. They have nothing to do without what the price of housing and they were government. Look it up. You don't believe me. How are housing prices determined? You'll tell you, it's not doing, it's not doing, it's not doing government. The free market appearance determined

13:40how prices are are. The same thing with oil, how gas prices determined. The free market is the marketplace that determines those prices. But they give you the illusion is though they got some juice, some magic wand. The new word, the new car and gang call affordability, affordability. And all the young folks out here who hear my voice today, let me tell you what they really said, Morgan's broken the bank told me some time ago and it's so true. So Larry, when folks coming to my office talking about a house here in Boston or anywhere, she said, I don't actually, I don't actually, I don't actually put their backup school or how much they got saved. I said, tell me your salary. I said, why real simple? These are the two quarters that we use. These are two numbers that we use to determine if you're eligible, even the ballpark to be in the city of Boston. Let's say you're making 50 grand at your salary. She said,

14:43I go for 1,000 times 3.0, 150,000 at a low end. 50,000 times 3.5, 175,000. So the least amount of house you can support is 150 to max is 175,000. With houses now in Boston going average eight or nine thousand dollars, where there's no system me talking to you about living in Boston because you're not a game. Not example. Let's say to get I make a hundred thousand dollars. I'm walking to walking to walking to a road office. He got a hundred thousand dollars. So he's just what he's earning. Again, take those two same coordinates. 3.0 and 3.5. 100,000 times 3.0, 300,000. 100,000 times 3.5, 300,000. So the least amount of house he can support, is 1,000, 300,000 and the max is 1,000, 350,000. We're actually running way off the bat off the bat. I

15:44know he is she can't afford to be here. So this is something my special program. Good man. God, you know, for first time buyers, house might be causing 300,000, 400,000. He is she can afford to be in this city. Did you see something profound, which obviously pay a 22. I know I did 300 decades ago. He is she got these two options. I the mood to a part of the state where you're money can afford the rent or the mortgage or you got to get additional income. Only way you got to go back up, bring your skills to do that. There's no other way. There's no government program is going to a do that. And I'm very livery of these programs to put people in houses with 3% down, no money down. It's like you are cash rich. Now house rich, but cash poor. Any kind of repair come up. You ridicule for that. Some very liry of these so-called programs again, people in the house, let's say

16:47put them in a house. But when she showed me what mortgage brokers use to determine whether or not you can be in a part of certain part of town, the only thing that's left to you and thank God for free my capitalism, you are not stuck in a current job. You're not stuck in current skills that you have. You can make moves. You can better yourself. But it's amazing to me that Democrat policies will never tell you that. They want you to think that they're going to miraculously be able to make moves to make you be in a better position. In fact, they can't. They're going to miraculously make practice come down on food or housing prices come down. One thing that you've been around like recovery, you should know, once prices go up, they rarely go back the way it were before. Take your oil so-called

17:47spike. Right now they're about worth $45. Before Trump did this stupidity act going over to Iran, just about $3,000. Some $3,000 to change. You might never see $3,000 again. What are you going to do? If you're not going to go back and try to upgrade your skills to get additional income, you're going to always be wanting about, oh man, things are costly around here, things are high around here. Come and can't fix that for you. Can't fix that. So if you don't want to be around me as a ground gen and always trying to make do, don't let choice you have. But what I had through the day is to have decades going, I had to go back and upgrade my skills. There was no other way around that. And I'm so grateful to God that AI did. That's why I can sit and tell you that they can say, well people hungry, food and security,

18:50you know, kids are going in the wall green, still living there because they black broken poor. When in the nuts year, they broke. They broke. But they were broke before Trump got in office. The vast majority of our people who was struggling before the man got in office and they were continuing struggling when the man leaves. He leaves in a year, I think four months. That's right. So if you're not making moves to better your economic situation, you won't be doing better off. And for folks who try to give you impression that, hey, you have the power to make life better for you. They're lying to you. When power to you, I'll assist you. I want this for everybody. Everybody. Where has the power to help everybody? I mean, everybody's like better. When? When? But it's like coming, I guess it's it's just common. They don't know what I did. I want to job everybody. Home

19:54everybody. Just everybody. Well, young people, genetics, disease, and millennial, where has it ever materialized? They're not great country. Where? No way. I can think of it. But it sounds good. It's like in a decoration in the opinion, we the people. It sounds good. It sounds good, don't it? We the people, your boss, it sounds good. But in reality, it means nothing. Because how are you going to fare? It's going to come down to you. And when you find and realize that you're eastern around waiting for them to make make make deals, I make moves that will not ever benefit you. You know that you have to take your situation in your hand. It's like what feel that you want to get into and be about getting those skills? Instead of waiting on something, I'm actually going to finish you to make life better for you. That's nonsense. Now, the equanimous socialism. Well, I'm 73. I mean, he and that tossed around

21:04for the last five decades. I'm going to have somebody sit here and take care of you. It ain't my job to take care of you. And your kids, they ain't my job. No, I'm not for that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. We have a system that rewards, right? Individual creativity. And the things I'm seeing down here in reality, Democratic Party has really created the last 40, 44 decades, keeping folks from these public programs is created a permanent underclass with folks that are entitled and titled and beholding, be taken care of. They have laws, they're drive to drive and prosper. There's not my job to take care of you or your children. That's why I say, oh, what if we didn't have no government here? Whose job is to make sure that your base and

22:08subsidies are taken care of? Yours. Food. Housing. You know, that's your job. But in the last four or five decades, we're just here. Where are fair state? Many folks have become permanently crippled. I'm talking about able-bodied men and women. It's all my folks who have and whoever have a legitimate disability. So now they sit around, moping because prices are high or have increased. Well, your income can't pay for them nowhere. But it won't tell you, hey, man, no need to fret. You need to go and stop breaking those kids. Think I want you to want to get into this more look at them. If my friend told me in the banker, there is no other way. So my thoughts to the young people to consider,

23:11nine days after voting, September 1st, what is voting cheap American blacks in the past five decades or in your voting career? What's it done for you? What is it done for you? And again, I'm not opposed to voting. I will vote. I do vote. When there's something that interests me, they're going to interest my group. I vote for that person. I would no longer ever be committed to the Democrats ever again. No. I'm not blue, no matter who, no, no, no, no. But the things that are that are that are interested to me, whatever the politicians say they're going to do those things. I care if my vote, but I'm not worried about them making my life better or putting chicken in my pot. Or allow me to take care of myself. I'm not depending on the only one who do that. No, no, I'm not. We live in the free market economy.

24:12You didn't know what you didn't know what that means. Always amazed me. How can you ever free market economy? And you won't teach your people, especially the working class in the poor. High works. And nobody need to know how it works. Most of them are working class in the poor. Why? Labor, you said to labor, it's your way up and out. But they won't tell you that. When you stay focused on E.R. Month, you know, and all these big and ass as though it's going to make your life better. There's not enough big and ass to tax, to bring down that 43 dollar debt we have. And Bernie Sanders along with Mr. Presley along with, you know, all these politicians, they realize they don't have the chance and hell because why? They don't want to write the

25:15tax policies. They're not going to change anything when they come to stocks or equities. That's what the money's at. That's what he's folks money's at. It's an equity and real estate. You buy real estate, right? You can now, you know, depreciate their property for next one. Decades. Well, that debt, permission for paying, for paying, but income taxes. Income taxes based on salaries. What you earn. So those of you who are there earning, like myself, if I could take my salary and stock like you would, if I could take my stock and sell you salary like I got like what I earn on those sides like you really would. Because why ain't it's not taxable? So you can't blame, you know, E.R. Month or your Bezo, they did what this system allows in the video creativity. So they're most stressed that you have the same opportunity to create

26:18to create something as well too. Or to provide the labor that's needed in that process, these where you can do and become a state of labor. They don't tell you that. I don't just stuck on being there, don't pay no taxes. But it's funny. Once these signatures and college people started to come, mean as they take advantage of the same tax laws that these people are taking advantage of. Because why? They ain't paying no taxes either. All I want to do is keep you confused and dishevel about some that has zero meaning. At the end of the day, young people, it comes down to you. Yes, government has a role to play. That's true. But in the free market economy, right? What happens in your home or your apartment comes down to you and you alone. And no one's coming to save you.

27:23What are you saying about how government going to try to bring down food prices, oil prices, etc. It's not a lot. The market determines the prices of those goods and services. If none do with government, they can regulate the mission. There's no heck of a thing going on. There's no collusion, price gouges and stuff like that. But the market determines the price. All those goods and services. And how do you have the money to pay for them? Or you don't. If you don't, none of these are free. Because if you go out there and upgrade your skills, right? You won't, you will not have that problem. But they're going to tell you that. Don't you be stuck on something that's outside of you. There's always something outside of you to come with Democrats. But they're going to save you. They're going to save you.

28:26It's a lie. So as I come to have a mock, I'm going to take a little break, be back. But the thought I want to jump on to think about the days this year, having votes September 1st. How's your life changing between September 1st and now? Is the most food in the fridge? Is the more cash in your account? Is your knees rattling a big account? Bigger, how big big a car? If you move to a better apartment, home of your choice, how has your life changed since you voted? So my thought to you, here's my thought for you to sit on. Now I'm not a guy, I'm not, I'm not against voting. I'm not against voting. I just want to keep in my perspective. What is voting achieved for American blacks in the past five decades or in your voting career? What's it done for you? Think about that. Because I can't see it ain't done nothing. But I'll be back. Don't go nowhere.

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32:38There's something that no one will ever be able to catch you on film. It'll just be something that you see and all of a sudden you realize I'm on the wrong page or I'm on the right page but I'm on the wrong note. And I've got to get in sync with everyone else to understand what's happening in this country. But I think that the Black Americans have been the only real die-hard Americans here. Because we're the only ones who carry the process through the process. That everyone else has sort of like skip stages. We're the ones who marched, we're the ones who carried the Bible, we're the ones who carried the flag, we're the ones who tried to go through the courts. And being born American didn't seem to matter. Because we were born American but we still had to fight for what we were looking for. And we still had to go through those channels and those processes. I'm here, Boston. I'm your host Larry Hickman-Bottom. You're listening to WBCA 102.9 FM. Now I'm going to name my little chat. It's called from the Church's Baby, from the Treches. Oh, it's a big room of the churches.

33:39I've been speaking about things I see out here. As I condition in the end, it's home for the last 25 plus years. And what things need to change for life to get better. I'm not even gloomy doom or the last days of the sky falling. What you need to do to enjoy your life. That's what I say, how you living baby? How you living? How are you living? Well, September 1st has come and gone. You know, with a lot of hoopla, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop. And again, I'm not against voting. It's not my point of my point in front of me. My point of try to fixate the young people, generations, these amy-limio. What is voting at chief for American Blacks in the past five decades away in your voting career? What have you done to you? Nine days later, right? How's your life better? Are the more food and your fridge bigger, bigger count? It was a move where you want to move. How has your life been improved since you voted?

34:41And I would say, it has not been for many people, most people. Because if you don't have the skillset or the income that comes with it, the person that you voted for might have won. But voting has very severe downside, improving the lot of us as individuals. That comes down to what our money can afford. But Democrats don't want to tell you that. They don't want to say that. And if you're not going to call me, what you do truly, truly matters. The reason why I would like to play that clip by Brother Gisgarharen, very, very, very, may he rest in peace. What he is explaining when he is defining the revolution that be televised, is that they don't really say, it comes down to you. You, how you are doing, going to come down to you.

35:41That's why I say, if you're going to imagine there was no government, no government, who would be responsible obligated to make sure you had food deed, to place the state, protection, or a skill set. Who would be responsible for that? You would. Who would be responsible to make sure that the baby that you made, woman that you chose to take care? Who would be responsible to make sure they are being covered? You would. You would. Now, I think it's deceitful and also just in genuine, I hear people talking about the role of government, government, government. Governments like what I call the big referee, supposedly make sure that there's no hanky, pinky, fair play. But capitalism, free market, is, it was individualism. But you do. What I do. Do you possess the skills?

36:43Ain't no we here. And so now they try to pawn this year socialism. Young people. There's no free ride, baby. As many folks are going to find out who's on these programs, either Section 8, Food Stand, welfare. This 43-year-old debt is going to be paid. It's got to be addressed in the coming years, sooner or later. And many of you able-bodied men, I'm thinking, speaking to you guys, you able-bodied men and women, it would be who you now decide to really think about getting your skills on. Because these programs are going to be cut. From what I already started it, they're going to be cut, even more so. And so you can hold on. I got to feed my baby. Well, that's on you. They need to take the state. That's on you. Because you and I dare and conceive those kids knowing that you was what, Black Broken Boar.

37:45You did that. You did that. But as you were sitting here, that 43-year-old debt is going to be addressed. And many of you who've been on this year, free ride for decades, are going to find yourself in a very precarious position when you start to smash your benefit severely. They've already started. So I really would encourage you to start to make moves now to be positioned yourself, but you can take care of yourself because it's coming. But you think about young people. If there was no government, who's obligated to make sure that you be fed? You got housing, clothes, right? A skill set. Just need it in the community. Who's obligated to make sure of those things? You would be. You would be.

38:46And you would not take offense if your neighbor was doing better than you. Because why? He's doing something you ain't doing. And so I really, it really, uh, uh, perturb me when I hear folks always want to beat them on the big and ass and the big and ass. I'm trying to get there. I've been on both sides of the coin. I'm ecstatic to be why I am now, but I had to go back and watch it. And upgrade my skills three decades ago. I had to do that. So were you. There's no other way I can see. And the reason why brother Gil's going to have nothing is very, very appropriate. He tells you that the first revolution occurs in your mind. In your mind, it's the individual initiative. Ain't no group activity. Ain't no we here. Ain't no us here. You live in well.

39:46You would be uncomfortable. You live in life on your terms. Come down. Who? Come down to you. You. But they won't tell you that. Miss Presley won't tell you that. Mayor, we won't tell you that. Come to Hillary won't tell you that. She won't tell you that. They want you to think the some big, bad, big and air. Or me and air. The reason why your life is where it is. I mean, they tell you it's one who's down with you. Not so. Your life is the way it is because you're not taking an initiative in this great country of hours to do something about your skillset. At the end of the day, you're going to have a skill that's marketable to do well. And so if you're skilled, right, in suspect, you can pay what? Suspect money. The more you need your skills, the better you only be able to be compensated.

40:49That's what it is. That's a few pieces. They ain't no government piece. That's why I said to you, young people, I met if there was no government. Who's obligated to make sure that your babies are fed? Hows and clothes. Take care of. You. But they won't tell you that. They want you to be stuck on something. They keep your anger and your contempt. A wave in which it should be placed. It's what that's you. It's yourself. You're not taking advantage of this great country. An opportunity that they're there. It's 2026, baby. The obstacle that was there when I was born in 1883, I'm not there now. They're not there. There's nobody standing in the doorway.

41:50You can't come in. You can't go to school. That's school. That's training program. Nobody's standing there. Not the same country. Our great country. Not the same as the worst one, but the three. And the folks doing that time, they already knew there's a black man or woman. Most of the occupation was never, ever available to you. To them. That's not your problem in 2026. But you listen to these listening Democrats. All these sound is blooming doom. Gloom and doom. Somebody. Not to get you. But if you go for me, I got you back. I'll make a better for you. They never do. I've never seen nobody's Democrats made life better for the all people.

42:54For the we. Never. But they say so easily. Not for all people. Just everybody. It comes everybody. Everybody. So young people. I've been a person. Where has it ever been for the field? I've been on this 73 years. Been voting for them for down here five decades. I've never seen that they're slogan all ever for the field. And neither will you. Because it all sounds good. I'm for all people. We're the people. We're the people. There's nothing right there in the declaration independent sound. Nice. We're the people. What it doesn't mean anything. It never translates into actual uplift or quality of life does it.

43:57No, it doesn't. Because at the end of the day, your comfort level how well are you going to do? That's a great thing in this thing called free free market enterprise. It's a great thing You mean tell me in 2026 unlike a night 90 bit of three If I get those skills Not they're gonna roll out a recop it for me, but if I get those skills I can go and not gonna do and they may have to be included yet once again from there And you can get you can get contracts with city state and federal government When the biggest suppliers To entrepreneurs are federal government It's but jacket they gonna spend down over 700 billion hours without side contractors from everything from lawn roofing You name it they purchase goods and surfers from folks like me and you But miss Presley won't tell you that Man, we won't tell you that getting the heat of won't tell you that

44:59They won't tell you anything that will aid make you Or create you to be independent or sufficient Everything they're like spousing It's for you to be dependent on the democratic party For all your Assistance Because why we want your vote They don't want to see you liberating Little like from your term it would take care of yourself and your family on your term Living in a town of your choice Senior kids are schools of your choosing We're after school programs of your choice. They won't see that. Don't see that Don't see you always be holding these crumbs. They're gonna throw you throw throw to you Well For those you want to stay down there Just up to you But proceed without me I Just started three-net decades ago. That was give myself off this bottom and the only sho way of doing that

46:04I had to go back and upgrade my skills and I'll keep preaching that I don't see no program It's going to change that reality even for you young people So let's see a nice winter afternoon Nine days after loading September night My question for the GNX young's these M M lemon limbs to consider What is voting a chief or American blacks in the past five decades or in your voting career? What's it done for you? And again, I'm not gonna voting I'm not gonna voting no, I know no no no But I want you to realize that I can't realize that case of going it is it is the delimitation As how you gonna do how what you gonna do So what you gonna do gonna come down what your money came up for what And And come back your skills And that's why I'm very prepared with Democrat They won't tell you the truth

47:06Now I'm just trying to make moves baby The doors are open That was never open why I was born in 53 you wouldn't get in Those elders realized the young man they 20s Most of the occupations never available to them they knew that Only menial employment But they were able to achieve middle class I mean, she they kids with the college you got skills It was not waiting for a so-called well-fed check You know food stamps, why wouldn't coming? Well That's not I probably fit it in 26 That's not one of the obstacles that you're facing the biggest obstacles your face is you you You want to say Larry you because you won't make move

48:09You won't get me free yourself As brother Kiel's got him it said The first revolution occurs in your mind the first revolution occurs in your mind There's no group activity There's no weed there When you come realize As I did Hey, man It's all on me If I ain't making move the better myself government It's not my savior No matter what the politician say You know what my purpose say a male woo or gonna heal it They are not the answer and Thank God they are not Because there's no limit on how far you can go There's no limit So if you create a product like Ian must

49:09Then you do well Excuse me then you do very well, but you can You can Your job is to figure out What does the community need it's a planet need That's not hard to figure out is it what do they need? That they wouldn't pay for What do they need and use the promotion figure out what community need you get those skillset? You know or that material Then they're gonna come to buy that service a product from you It's a win-win They're getting what they need and you also getting what you need a Sort of income That you control that you can that you control But you want to tell you that

50:11When you don't just stay stuck on Trump's erases Funny before we start running the president all those high profile blacks and rappers You know no problem with Trump Trump's erases Racism why supremacy? Versa-presion You know He hate black people he ate brown. He he he he just hate it about it God But listen to him All Democrats have the same message It's the same message There's something or someone outside your control It's gonna mess up your life But if you vote for me you vote for me you vote for us. We don't fix that Don't believe the high young people

51:14After somebody vote for them for the last five decades We got no tangibles Only symbolism Having black folks in high places With no juice It's done nothing for us So don't you be deceived as we boomers were Who voted for Democrats for the last five decades in the high 90s Yep, you got nothing back But a few black faces out front with no juice So neither one of these parties offers American blacks Just my beliefs you can come to your own you come to your own glu-vian and Thank God I'll sit in my economic is found in free market capitalism Better for worse To me if you have a skill this worthwhile marketplace You used to play this skill you gonna do very well. I can live with that I can live with that

52:16Because it's only My fate come down to me I can live with that and so should you I'm not waiting for another man to put chicken in my pot Or I mean live where I want to live based on his approval. Nope. Nope. I Live Well, I live because of my income Eat what only I want eat well. I want to eat because of my income Not ways another man to take care of me or feed me Because I wind down as Wednesday just just think about it What is voting a cheat for American blacks in the past five decades or in your voting career what it done for you? I say not much And I and again, I'm not against voting But it's very very very so it is very severe limitation That's what it can do for you as individual And that's why I think Back America has been misled

53:18It's a very misled So that I come for if I come to an end as you remember No one's coming to save you can save yourself and That salvation comes with income with skills Get those skills And you do very well without them you're gonna struggle The next one is a guy bless you and be well The preceding commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of the staff and management of WBCA Or the Boston neighborhood network If you would like to express another opinion you can address your comments to Boston neighborhood network 3025 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 to arrange a time for your own commentary You can call WBCA at 617 708 3215 or email radio at vn and media dot org