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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. Public Hearing <br /> <br />(1) continued… <br /> <br />disciplining them for doing what they did <br />instead of preventing it before it happens. <br />Set up programs like this to help people not <br />get into what they’re doing. It’s kind of like <br />your car. If you keep your car up, it runs a <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 /> 19 <br /> <br />