Rather tortured logic and voting is not the reason that many blacks find themselves in a permanent underclass. Individuals must take responsibility for their choices. The destruction of the black family contributes to the problem. Lousy schools make it more difficult to rise up the economic ladder. And Dems and Reps have not made a concerted effort to help blacks, especially children, in urban areas rise above this cycle of dependency and an environment dominated by crime, corruption, and drugs.
If the Reps want to help blacks, why are they supporting mass immigration of over one million legal permanent immigrants a year along with 650,000 guest workers annually? They take American jobs and depress wages. Minorities are especially hit hard since many of the immigrants are unskilled and uneducated. The Gang of 8 bill that passed in the Senate with 14 Rep votes will triple legal immigration over the next decade to 33 million and double the guest worker program to 1.4 million a year. Most House Reps want to increase significantly the guest worker programs. The Chamber of Commerce is driving GOP policy to the detriment of this country.
If you want to read something truly devastating, read this: Jobless Rate for Poor Black Teen Dropouts? Try 95 Percent
And the unemployment figures for all of our young people are terrible. If we had a real labor shortage, wages would be going up, not down.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, the standard unemployment rate (referred to as U-3) for native-born adults who have not completed high school was 16.6 percent, while for those with only a high school education it was 8.5. The U-3 unemployed are people who have looked for a job in the last four weeks.
The broader U-6 measure of unemployment — which includes those want to work, but have not looked recently, and those forced to work part-time — was 28.7 percent for native-born adults who have not completed high school and 16.5 percent for those with only a high school education.
The total number of native-born, working-age adults (18 to 65) of any education level not working (unemployed or out the labor force) was 50.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 — 8.8 million more than in the fourth quarter of 2007, and 14.7 million more than in the same quarter of 2000.
The share of working-age (18 to 65) natives holding a job has not recovered from the Great Recession. In the fourth quarter of 2013, 31 percent were not working, something that has barely improved in the last five years.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, there were only two working-age natives holding a job for every one that was not employed. This represents a huge deterioration. As recently as 2000, there were three working-age adults holding a job for every one not working.
Do you believe that all blacks are just itching for a race riot? Do you believe there were some blacks in the 60’s that did NOT participate in the riots?
First, I was around for the race riots in the 60's. The country was a tinderbox as the civil rights movement was gaining steam. I can see similar conditions today with huge numbers of young unemployed blacks who are disenchanted with the system and surrounded by wealth that they have no shot at obtaining. We are building a huge permanent underclass that will explode at some point. And it doesn't help to have a President who is fanning the flames.
I certainly hope you do. Honestly, it’s not that hard to admit when you’re wrong. It’s even easier to admit when a hero is too. Try it sometime.
I don't consider Bundy to be "wrong." He is entitled to his own personal opinions and way of expressing them. It should have nothing to do with the issue of his ranch and the BLM. And according to the law and court decisions, society has said that Bundy is wrong. I still support him.