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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (49100)	4/29/2011 10:30:41 AM
From: John	4 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

The Racialization of Deficit Cutting americanthinker.com excerpt: Endless borrowing to finance a steady stream of government benefits may seem quite reasonable for many African Americans, particularly those with limited education. It is hardly surprising that after a few years of enjoying a benefit it grows into an unalienable right. Nearly half of all Americans do not pay federal taxes so subsidized housing, food stamps, Head Start and all the rest are “free”... [...] African Americans also seem particularly prone to debt, running up larger credit card debts than whites (often double) of comparable incomes. [...] Poorly educated citizens in general may also be befuddled with terms like “billion” and “trillion,” let alone the international consequences of excessive indebtedness, so all the dire warnings are just too abstract. [...] For many Americans, helping African Americans entails a moral obligation that exists independently of fiscal prudence. Further add the difficulty generating private sector employment for many African Americans (trying to boost private sector employment via empowerment zones has proven futile). Most clearly, linking fiscal cutbacks to an “attack” on African American civil rights automatically mobilizes a sizable congressional block of anti-cutback votes (including white legislators dependent on black voters). Resistance will hold even if budgetary hawks like Paul Ryan (R.-WI) can demonstrate that these “civil rights” programs are often wasteful, ineffectual and equally applicable to whites. [...] Less obvious, but perhaps of greater importance (though still unspeakable) is the possible link between government cutbacks and domestic violence. Recall that many of today’s programs helping blacks were a response to 1960s urban violence, and they have succeeded. Cutting ethanol subsidies to Iowa farmers is a mere inconvenience compared to firing thousands of black teacher assistants who have few non-government job options. Significant cutbacks here will bring “cold turkey” on a grand scale and expressions like “long hot summer” may soon return. In the final analysis, the only practical solution may be sustaining government programs that disproportionately assist blacks, regardless of value or costs. --- Build more jails, prisons, and execution centers and use them around the clock.