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John Ridley: White Parents, Black Kids, Tough Love 2008

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John Ridley: White Parents, Black Kids, Tough Love 2008

Today Italian tv stations are talking about a seizure of a lack and sourrounding private property that was owned to italian criminal gangs. although italy is full of corruption, things get done when there is a will to go ahead. during the mepa reform i proposed that land used for illegal development must be confiscatwed by the state, a priori any legal proceeedings; that is this has to be done by force. no body from the politicians seems to want this to happen and this shows that no one wants to really fight against illegal development of private or public land. we have a country of omerta and PPP. the country need not only a good pair of hands but a very strong pair of hands. by giving concessions on taxes, social security payments, land use, rent in arrears, illegal immigration, overstayed visa tourists, abuses in national management, etc the state is being seen as a weak instrument of governance: of course weak with those in power and strong with the weak

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