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To: puborectalis who wrote (788241)	6/7/2014 1:30:25 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576329

>> the vast majority of people who receive government benefits are white. This part is true. Which makes sense, since the vast majority of the nation's residence are white. >> In fact, whites receive a disproportionate amount of benefits. This part is NOT true. The article you cited is what was referred to as damned lies in the phrase, "There are statistics, lies, and damned lies." That is, lies hiding behind statistics. Everyone who gets benefits is supposedly poor. There are 40 million blacks out of 310 million in the country, which looks like about 13%. Blacks receive a disproportionately large share of government benefits. But it is complicated and probably over your head. Looking, for example, at food stamps, 59% go to whites and 28% to blacks, which obviously (even to you) clearly indicates blacks receive a disproportionate share. Overall, demographically, federal assistance is more likely to go to blacks than whites or Hispanics (64% vs. 56% vs. 50%). One does have to be careful in looking at these data, because articles like the one you cited will mix and match benefits like SS & Medicare to try and skew the outcome. If it is understood we're talking about non-equitable entitlements, i.e., those for which the beneficiary has not contributed, then the outcomes are different. Also, some benefits like EITC there really isn't any tracking by race.

To: puborectalis who wrote (788241)	6/7/2014 6:42:10 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576329

Uh oh, it looks like Chuck Schumer told the IRS to target conservatives According to a complaint issued by the Center for Competitive Politics, Chuck Jefferson-wrote-the-Bill-of-Rights Schumer and others directed the IRS to target conservatives and should be investigated. From the NY Post: Did Chuck Schumer try to use the IRS to sidestep the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling — and stick a dagger in the heart of conservative groups? That’s the gist of a complaint filed this week with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. …The Center for Competitive Politics is asking that Schumer and nine other Democratic senators be investigated for trying to use the IRS to suppress the free speech of political opponents. …Turns out the IRS did investigate. And — surprise! — almost all the groups singled out for special IRS scrutiny were conservative. It also points to a Schumer speech made earlier this year called “The Rise of the Tea Party and How Progressives Can Fight Back.” The speech, says the complaint, explains how the IRS could be a tool “to stamp out Tea Party organizations.” Read the Rest As outrageous as this is, we shouldn’t be shocked. It was just a matter of time. History has taught us that if a government is large enough to be capable of doing something like this, it will eventually do it. That’s why the federal government should be so small that it literally couldn’t target or oppress people even if it wanted to. Yet I hear few politicians seriously talking about abolishing the IRS. 7 hours ago Comment - See more at: poorrichardsnews.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (788241)	6/7/2014 6:43:57 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576329

Climate Change Linked To End of Milky Way Galaxy 8 minorityreport *Administration Affiliated News Science Bulletin* The White House disclosed today that stunning new evidence links Climate Change to the coming collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. Deputy Science Advisor I.M. Fullhof remarked to a hushed press conference called to discuss the findings: “Both events are shockingly correlated. The phenomena were discovered at roughly the same time and both can be explained by mathematical models. The relationship is tight and indisputable, and constitutes definite proof of causation. It is a stunning reaffirmation of the settled science of climate change, the dangers of global warming, and the need to ramp up the campaign to curb America’s carbon emissions, which are the unique source of this impending peril. We call for prompt adoption of the EPA’s latest initiative to end the scourge of coal. Nothing less than the fate of our galactic home is at stake!”