Posted on 03/11/2005 10:56:39 AM PST by gopwinsin04
US Senator Barack Obama on Thursday called President George W. Bush's suggestion that African-Americans could reap greater rewards from overhauling Social Security a 'stunning' arguement that ignored the true health issues facing blacks in the country.
As the president launched his two day tour through the South to build support for his controversial plan to revamp Social Security, Democrats challenged a White House assertion that blacks could gain from Bush's proposed private retirement accounts because they have fewer years to collect benefits considering that they die younger.
'It is puzzling to me that we are even having this debate about whether Social Security is good for African-Americans,' said Obama, an Illinois Democrat.
'I frankly found the statement somewhat offensive.'
While Bush argued his case that the future of the Social Security program was in peril without substantial changes like creating private investment accounts, Senate Democrats tapped Obama to rebut the argument about overhauling Social Security.
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The average life expentancy for blacks is LOWER than for whites. What part of that does Obama not understand? I expect a call from the NAACP calling me racist five minutes after I post this.
Barack Obama has just proven himself another despicable foreman on the democrat party plantation, enslaving and oppressing blacks ceaselessly for 180 years.
Only "somewhat" offensive ? Well, that's good.
Wait until Jesse, Rev. Al, Conyers etc. get on the banwagon...
Black folk would live a lot longer if they weren't taxed more heavily than a medieval serf.
I find the facts offensive, wahh wahh wahh.
Somebody call this guy (Obama) a wahhmbulance.
Not much has changed, this is the face of the 'new' democratic party?
Get over yourself Obama.
How can the truth be "offensive" ? Black men don't live as long as white men and therefore don't receive full ss benefits. How is that factual statement offensive? obama, just another house boy doing the bidding of the plantation master without regard for what is good for black people. What a hypocrite. The very people that this change would help the most and obama is dismissing it without any real rational. The demonRATs are going to be real surprised when thinking blacks switch their votes in 2006 and 2008.
>>>How can the truth be "offensive" ?<<<
Exactly,,,,,,,,,ask Larry Summers - he told the truth and look what happened to him!
Maybe Obama should be offended at the insurance companies who compute those actuary tables.
Nothing "new" with Osama Obama. Same old Oppression of Blacks disquised with pseudo-compassion and sewer left rhetoric.
ROTFLMAO!!!
Let's see. Every PRIVATE insurance actuary comes up with this assertion, as well as almost every government actuary. Contrast this with the one dude from Louie Farakhan's crew who thinks 2 + 2 = 57. He says that Blacks OUTLIVE Whites, so Obama Mama naturally believes him!
Same old Democratic Party in a shinier suit.
Obama PALES (no pun intended) in comparison to Elder, Sowell and W.Williams.
Calypso Louie!
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