Holy crap. Republican mind control going on in this thread. I’ll let you in on a secret:
Republicans stir up racial fear and insecurity in uneducated white men. Then they try to tie it back to policies that support the wealthy and corporations. The republican masses go along because it all sounds good that the reason for their lot in life is that brown people illegally here or black people too lazy to work are stealing from them. That must be it.
It’s called misdirection. They are picking your pocket with one hand on your shoulder and their lips in your ear whispering about the wrong culprit. Wake up. You just gave them $1 trillion dollars. That wasn’t anyone but rich and corporate welfare. Wake up.
The government doesn't give them anything. They only take less of what those people earned.
As far as race goes, who is it now fanning the flames for reparations; a system of taking from people that never owned slaves and giving it to people that never were slaves? Who is it that wants 100 billion dollars in a giveaway for HER people so they can buy homes they can't afford and start another housing collapse?
Black people have never done better than under Trump. But let me fill YOU in on a secret: he didn't make any policy for any specific group or race of people. He simply made things better for everybody and everybody benefited the same.
That's what a real President is supposed to do; not pander to this group or that group to buy votes.
People earned their money in a country that requires tax support to function. Those who gained the most from a functioning America also should pay the most. Sending that burden down the ladder is cruel.
Reparations are about as workable as a sea to sea wall that Mexico pays for. Opportunity, like free education, for those who continue to suffer from the bad start slavery and Jim Crowe gave their families is more workable. All studies show that your best factor of success is your parents’ success. We are not as socially mobile as you’d think.
Utter bull. My father could tell you stories about he and his five siblings that would make you cry. He joined the Marines and fought in Korea for a year just so he could have a steady diet for the first time in his life. Their upbringing made him and his siblings try even harder, and they all became productive citizens; a few of them owning their own businesses.
Education is not free, but is taxpayer funded, and until today, blacks lead the country in dropout rates. Unless you attend a private school of some sort, it's free to everybody no matter what race you are. Thanks to Republicans, low income blacks may be eligible for a school voucher (that Democrats fought tooth and nail against) if you want an even better school than the one in your area.
Those who gained the most from their hard work should pay the most? Fine. The top 20% of wage earners in this country pay over 80% of all collected income taxes for the rest of us. I think that's paying the most. Furthermore, as for passing the burden down the ladder, that only goes so far as the bottom 47% pay no income tax at all in this country.
Your anecdote doesn’t invalidate the fact that your success factors are highly correlated with your parents. It is the biggest success factor along with race unfortunately. The fact that outliers exist is meaningless unless you have an agenda. This NYT study really shows how far behind black men are in success.
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys
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Okay, but are the results from slavery, parenting, Jim Crow, or bad decision making?
Poverty is directly related to single-parent homes. Nobody owns that category more than blacks. Democrats for years have promoted single-parent homes sanctioned by the women's liberation movement.
Most elderly white people I know never got a thing from their parents. If our generation does, it won't be much and we will be the first generation to do so.
What I did in life has little to do with my parents outside of the fact I was raised in a two parent household and my father taught me how to work. My mother taught me respect and responsibility, and this unique design by God that liberals mock are why I"m who I am today---not by race.
Of course as a white man, you might not take my word for it. But here is a very well researched article from Professor Walter E Williams. As a successful black man, Professor Williams does unchallenged research you might find interesting. It will only take two minutes of your time, or if a graduate of a public school, perhaps ten at most.
Walter Williams: Black Self-Sabotage
