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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />lot better. But if you wait until it breaks <br />down, it’s going to cause you more trouble. <br />It’s the same thing with government. Instead <br />of having people out here like with the <br />healthcare program. Instead of having <br />people be able to go to the doctor, get <br />diagnosed with diabetes or cancer or <br />whatever, our system waits until you get <br />diabetes or cancer and then they try to work <br />on it, which costs a lot more money than if <br />they would be preventive. <br /> <br />But, everybody knows that economics makes <br />a big difference. In any community you go <br />to. If you go to a community where people <br />are making $100,000, a quarter million <br />dollars, it’s not the same as a community that <br />is starving, and impoverished, and making <br />$15,000. You have a lot more problems in <br />those communities. We’re just asking for a <br />little bit, just a helping hand to get on our feet <br />to be able to be able to support our families, <br />to be able to stand up in a community, be <br />respected, and be loved. You guys have a <br />chance to help us do that. Thank you. <br /> <br />MR. MARTY WOLFSON, 809 Park <br />Avenue. I teach economics at Notre Dame <br />and I was going to come here and talk about <br />the important role of human capital in the <br />process of economic development. But, I <br />think the students and Rev. Blake have <br />expressed that more eloquently than I could <br />have. I did have an opportunity last summer <br />to meet with and get to know a number of <br />students in the Project Impact program. We <br />had some discussions about economics. I <br />just want to report to you that I found the <br />students to be quite knowledgeable, quite <br />intelligent. They asked some very perceptive <br />questions, actually, that compare with <br />questions I get from university students at <br /> 17 <br /> <br />