Hello Amy, you have another well written article!  I do have a couple of problems with social justice.   Many who advocate for social justice also are the same people who want to remove God from everything, i.e. the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, In God we trust printed on money, complaining Congress was wasting it’s time on the National Motto…  This is arrogant and fool hardy.

Next, it legitimizes bad behavior as ok; from homosexual acts to polygamy to not working hard at anything.  Where does it stop?  Believe it or not CNC shops are SCREAMING for workers but can not fill well paying jobs.  Plumbers are retiring with no one to take over (ever pay a plumber they make more then most mid-level managers).  Farmers who can not get anyone to pick their crops.  I believe it is a big misconception on American’s part that there are not good paying jobs out there, but these jobs require hard work.  There just is a lack of easy fun jobs that produce anything.

Lastly, do those that think the federal government really knows what is best for everyone can bring social justice to us all?  They have had some successes, defeat of Jim Crow laws, but racism in the white &amp; black communities still exist.  National Highway system being built, but that brought about smog, urban sprawl, segregated schools.  War on poverty being “fought” since Lyndon Johnson (started in the 1960’s) has accomplished the exact opposite of its goals.

A sense of what is “fair” has been lost, the famous quote from John Kennedy has been reversed "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".  We are becoming a nation of “have wants” instead of a country that leads the world.  A politically correct country that only targets those that stand up and say “I believe in God” and believe His rules still apply.  We have become a fat (non pc description) lazy &amp; spoiled country who lived beyond its means for way to long.  

I do not believe the government can achieve what it is being asked of it.  It has to come from local communities, like Rochester, NY, to live with in our means (notice the housing bubble did not destroy neighborhoods like other places).  Look out for those that need a hand up not a hand out (teach a man to fish and he will not be hungry again).  Stop thinking that the feds really know how to educate our children (have you heard about a survey on sexual acts being given to 12 year olds in schools?)  Take personal responsibility for your actions and realize that there are selfish people in this world and until they are separated from the rest of us we will never have social justice.