How can we make things in the inner city better without the government getting involved?
492173
You can't !!! You don't have the financial resources plus the fact that the government controls almost every aspect of our lives in one way or another. If you want things to improve you must VOTE and encourage all your friends to VOTE as well.
84012
This could be covered by your local or state laws. See someone at City Hall. In some areas a neighborhood association can help.
72653
Each state is different. And by the way, your property taxes don't pay for your roads!  Revenue comes from license plates fees, gas taxes, etc.\n\nThe city will only get involved if they have the funds and if they HAVE to.  \n\nI suggest that you contact the city board.  Sometimes management is unwilling to do something unless they get orders straight from the top.  If that doesn't work, strike up a letter campaign and let the local news know about it.  The one thing that THEY don't like is bad press.  But be prepared, they'll always claim lack of funds.  You can always file a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request against them to see if they really do have the funds or not.
819214
Seems like you have sussed this out correctly - What this Government is really good at is creating new taxes. And with regard to the air that we breath, yes we can expect higher Council Tax charges in areas with better air quality.
990684
Train the parents of the child on how to raise the child. Government can't take over that role. Look how it currently is done. A place of where child safety would gets its best source of knowledge is from mothers who raise their own children. Have Women run the service on a volunteer basis with no income and there would be an improvement in the CPS service.
150478
The people you must complain to is every body.  Starting with your city and moving up the chain all the way to your representative and your senator.  You must get others involved as well.  If you do not the taxes will not go away.  Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease
439573
Because people don't care enough about thier communities to pick up their trash and to avoid making messes.  \n\nIt is easy to throw the responsibility for our problems onto the government , but the truth is that when the people in a neighborhood come together (on their own) and start caring about thier community, that's when things get cleaned up.  The government can't keep our cities clean, but the people in individual neighborhoods can.
414124
It would help if you could provide the city you need.
975420
put your X somewhere else... and tell everyone who'll listen just how pathetic they are. write to your local paper..and make your observations official. write to the leader of the council, and have it raised at the next council meeting..have it minuted and demand a written response. (as is your right).\n\ni live in coventry..our wonderful council just spent bazillions on knocking down a local landmark and building a clock.... theyve just had a massive overspend, and now are taking the 3 quid a week off special needs people...and charging disabled people to park at the new super hospital... but thats what happens when we get a conservative council... the rich and the greedy always come before the poor and the needy...
6124
Well, there are two sides to this issue - I don't know if you are arguing in favor, or against it - so here goes.\n\nOn the plus side (i.e. banning cars in the city center), you would reduce traffic, congestion, wear and tear on the streets. You could hold events (parades, celebrations, rally's, etc.) in the area without significantly affecting traffic. Also, car-free areas in the downtown (i.e. city center) can help to revitalize an area of the downtown - it can be made to look nice, maybe with something like nice bricks, or cobblestones.\n\nOn the other hand (against banning cars in the city center), if you ban cars in the downtown area, you'll be loosing revenue from on-street parking and any parking tickets the city issues, depending upon the size of the car-free area, it will be more difficult to get to the city center, it might adversely affect sales for businesses in the affected area.\n\nOne option, used in downtown Minneapolis (Nicollet Mall) allows taxis and busses, but not private (i.e. car) traffic. This allows people to get down to the area via public transportation, or by taking a taxi. Of course, it's only one block wide by several (5 or 6 I think) blocks long.\n\nHere are two sites that might provide helpful information:\n\nhttp://www.worldcarfree.net/\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_street
1044333
Well, houses are good if you have one. You have to start with everyone, from within, doing their part. People are quite adverse to this.
801231
We cant unless we get a far better police service and strong sentencing from the courts xx
79482
become an active member of your community, and run for office. no one seems to relize they can. oh yeah, we dont need any more clever bumperstickers.
202142
Eliminate corruption and politicians. Put taxes to legitimate use.  It's a simple formula but i think it will work.
689560
Hard one this, without a government willing to keep taxation & regulation / paperwork to a minimum + the availability of an Organisation (such as the "Princes Trust" here in the UK) offering funding, training & support to encourage people.
424319
This is only one of A THOUSAND different stupid ways the government spends your money.\n1) Don't give the gov't anymore money.\n2) If you care about the homeless, you have to take direct action, you can't trust in the gov't to help on any problem. Ask the people of New Orleans.\n3) If you care about any other issue, you have to run for office yourself. The only way we'll have people we can trust in gov't- is if we start taking those offices ourselves.
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