Philadelphia Unemployment Project - "All Things Are Possible Through Government Which Strengthens Me"

Question:
What does a group of people who have been on a perpetual struggle do when they are living during their time of victory, at least on paper, yet they see that so many of their fundamental issues have not be fulfilled despite their long STRUGGLE?

Answer:
They keep "trying harder" with the same struggle.

If there is any city in America where the "victory has been won" regarding progressive interests it is Philadelphia PA.  They have dominate control over all of the political institutions in the city and almost as much control in the state government as well.

Despite these facts the activist movement continues their outward struggle for "jobs and justice".  Just the same as when the Rizzo-era placed a "boot on their necks" is so many different areas.

I was drawn to an organization called the Philadelphia Unemployment Project after reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about their recent protests.   The key point that I noticed is that nearly every single one of their platform elements relies upon government funds, government policies or government regulation to fulfill their demands.  More to the point the majority of their positions look toward EXTERNAL sources of resources to carry them for another day.

Cities Were Provided With A Charter From The State Because They Were Solvent Entities

At one time all cities that were founded in America after the formal state, county and municipal governments were established were provided with a city charter as granted by the state.  Prior to this incorporated status these places were unincorporated plots of land, disallowed from collecting taxes to fund government services.  Instead the county or state provided these services and collected taxes from individuals.

What happens when an increasing number of cities become insolvent?  Unable to provide the goods and services demanded by the people?  More importantly - what happens when these places become "jobs deserts" - unable to provide a market place where the demand from the "consumers of labor" (employers) are matched with "sellers of labor" (employees).

I see the United States as an aggregation of multiple "local economies".  The productivity of each of these economies when counted together provide America with her economic girth.  Though the government financing (local, state and national) is separate but interrelated with these local economies - when these economies require such a great infusion of capital resources from the governments that are already massively debt laden - a serious structural problem exists.

Simply put - the old standard of living that many are used to is gone because so too is the economic productivity that propped it up.   Trying to return to this old standard is merely going to cause the red ink to flow even faster.  This will hasten the day when the entire system collapses due to insolvency.