"Slavery didn’t break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules"
-Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young speaking at the Carter Center November 1st.
I agree with Andrew Young's comments, but allow me to take it a step further.
Welfare makes blacks dependent on the government; and that dependence is used as a political tool by the Democrats to maintain their party's stranglehold on the black vote.
Every two years, the Democrats roll into the black community with claims that if Republicans take over, they'll cut section 8; they'll cut food stamps; they'll cut Medicaid; and they'll cut a host of other social welfare programs that poor blacks depend on to make ends meet.
Blacks, in turn, get whipped up into a frenzy and beat a path to the voting booth so they can protect their government checks from the "evil" Republicans.
Once the Democrats get elected, they institute welfare rules that make it nearly impossible for blacks to get off welfare, thus maintaining the cycle for another two years.
I've always felt that LBJ's Great Society programs decimated the black community. Up until then, blacks were self-reliant. We didn't rely on the government for everything. Blacks made do with what litle they had.
LBJ's liberal welfare policies single-handedly ended the era of self-sufficiency in the black community and ushered in a new era of slavery. But this time, the master is the government.
Funny you both mention this. I watched the movie "Rosewood" last week and got to thinking that loss of community, lack of personal investment and ownership, and government dependence are a result of some of the welfare programs currently in place. I do not deny that a growing number of people in this f'd up economy need a hand, but to make them reliant and denying them the pride of ownership is doing none of us any favors - least of all those who end up living in government housing projects riddled with crime, drugs, and apathy. I thought it amusing that the black community of Rosewood was actually kept up better than that of nearby (white cracker trash) Sumner.
ReplyDeleteI have a dream - to see everyone take part in the construction of their own dwelling, eventually own title to it, take pride in it, protect it from untoward influences, and eventually see the demise of the depressing urban housing projects that sap away the will to achieve more than minimal existence while robbing the young of a brighter future.
And this, my friend, is no longer a racial issue; growing numbers of citizens of every description face similar obstacles as more jobs are outsourced, exponentially rising healthcare costs bankrupt more families, and housing costs "are too damned high." The era of a child's life being better, easier, and more rewarding that his parents has ended for us all. The banksters and grifters are robbing us all while grinding a once growing middle class into oblivion.
At least that's my 2 cents worth...
Can you give an example of a "new rule" that makes it hard to get off welfare? Seems like it's easy enough at any point in time. Stop accepting the checks and get a better job. What welfare rules make this more difficult?
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