Those who have existed off of the taxes paid by the producers in the northern part of the county are the ones wishing to make this about race. They are Democrats after all and everything is all about race to them. The true fuel behind this fire is financial. The residents of the northern part of Fulton county, which encompasses the city of Atlanta, are sick and tired of having their tax money sent down the road while they get nothing in return.
What nobody can answer is how is it that the sides of the county managed to get this way. Well the answer isn't race, but it is related to personal beliefs that guide your life.
The difference between Republican and Democrats is no better illustrated then it is here. In the south is the folks who wish for the state to care for them from cradle to grave, never having to be responsible for their actions and always blaming their plight on somebody else.
To the north, a group that still believes in what has always led to success in this country. Self reliance, risk taking, and initiative to do things for ones self.
What used to be Milton County is now largely white and Republican and affluent. Atlanta and its southern suburbs are mostly black, are controlled by Democrats and have neighborhoods with some of the highest poverty rates in America. Buckhead, a trendy Atlanta neighborhood known for its clubs, restaurants and mansions, would remain in Fulton County.
The other issue, which is sort of a which came first, the chicken or the egg, type argument. Do you become a Democrat because you are poor, or are you poor because you are a Democrat? The same question goes to somebody who identifies with the Republican party.
Well you can't change your skin color. You can change your politics. If I thought for one minute that adapting some sort of philosophy would improve my lot in life I would probably pursue it enthusiastically. Instead of heaping scorn on those who succeed and demanding that they give me what they have earned I want them to share with me how they did it.
No, what is brewing in Fulton county in Georgia is not about race. It is about money and finances. The reason this will probably never make it through the state house is because the city of Atlanta also relies on the tax money paid by the residents of the northern part of the county, and they hold enough seats in the state house to block any efforts for this cash cow to leave. Atlanta is already in so much debt because of its' decades of Democrat leadership that there is no way they would let their Republican brethren leave to fend for themselves, and just further show the failings of liberal policies.
The recent mayoral election for Atlanta pointed this divide out dramatically. Both candidates were Democrats, one was a white woman, the other a black man. The black man once he accused the woman of being a Republican, a charge which was blatantly false, and by promising to give folks in the southern part of the city even more goodies won the election. What he hasn't explained yet is how he is going to pay for any of it since the city has about a $14 million shortfall.
By the way the people cited in the report claiming that this is about race are all Democrats and black.
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