Are there more poor minorities because of liberal policies?

Question

Shelly - I am not talking about helping them, I am talking about long standing socialist programs which ENABLES them.

Answer 1

There is some proof to back up your claim. There are more higher amount of poor people because of welfare.

Heres a good book: Losing Ground by Charles Murray.

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http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Ground-American-Social-1950-1980/dp/0465042333

Answer 2

No. Why point the finger at liberals? As a liberal myself, I take offense. Over the years, the poverty rates of minorities have decreased by almost 15 percent. I believe that liberals policies give minorities opportunities and help them progress in society. (Someone has to look out for minorities because Republicans certainly won't.)

Answer 3

Liberal policies - free education, social security, medicare, medicaid, aid to needy families, redevelopment block grants, pell grants, student loans, housing assistance and the fruits of civil rights law have lifted millions, yes millions out of poverty. So much so that poverty itself is redefined. So much so that those no longer impoverished are contributing to the economy as never before.

There have been failures (like massive public housing projects) but on the whole, programs designed to help people in need and get ahead have worked well. All of them championed by liberals and opposed (even today) by conservatives.

The work is not done. We still have poverty. Programs must be managed properly and re-assessed from time to time for their actual impact on the poor, not for their ideological slant.

Answer 4

I see the right wing yahoos are at it again with their answers.

If there are more poor minorities because of liberals ,which I reject as being un-substantiated in fact ,but rather only in the dillusionary minds of right wingers,than it is an extremely small element in why Americans ACROSS THE BOARD are so much poorer today than 25 years ago.

As usual,the right wingers constantly obfuscate the real issue and sadly voters/citizens fall into the conservatives agenda .

The FACT is that over 98 % of all Americans are poorer now than 25 years ago.This obscene reality is due almost entirely to the massive wealth transfers that the Republicans have been effecting in the past 25 years and also of course to the truly obscene plutocracy in Washington which sees OUR elected representatives working NOT for WE,THE PEOPLE but for the benefit of the rich and powerful individuals and corporations.

This crap about Democratic/liberal ideologies/programs ENABLING THE POOR TO NOT ONLY REMAIN POOR BUT BECOME POORER IS PURE CRAP BUT AN EFFECTIVE SMOKE SCREEN TO THE TRUTH of the rip off of wealth of over 98 % of the American people.

Amazingly ,the very people who are a hell of a lot poorer today than yesterday, have yet to wake up and realize that voting Republican is AGAINST THEIR OWN ECONOMIC SELF INTERESTS.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0124-03.htm

http://www.impactpress.com/articles/augsep01/divide80901.html

Reublicans/conservatives are all about TAX cuts for it is the rich individuals and corporations that get away with literally stealing America's wealth unto themselves.

As we all know,Republicans ARE NEVER ABOUT COST CUTTING .In fact incredible as it sounds ,over 70 % of the current US national debt was piled up by REPUBLICANS starting essentially with Reagan:

Here is the proof of this assertion:

http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm

Bush's obscene tax cut alone is estimated to cost almost 2 TRILLION dollars.That means that the government will lose 2 TRILLION DOLLARS in revenues AND WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REVENUE LOSS ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PLUTOCRATS IN WASHINGTON HAVE NO INTENSION OF CUTTING COSTS :

YOU AND I AND THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR CLASS and they pay for it by a whole set of emerging CONSUMER TAXES that the rich LOVE for it saves them incredible amounts of taxes..

Another major sourse of new revenues the governments are using to replace the taxes once paid by the rich corporations and individuals is GAMBLING/LOTTERIES.

Literally hundreds of billions of dollars is now flowing into state governments .AND WHO BUYS THESE LOTTERY TICKETS ?

YOU GOT IT !!! The poor and working poor buy an incredibly dis-proportionate amount of tickets. Yes,it is their responsibility to decide to buy or not to buy, but when a person if facing a lifetime of poverty or near poverty existence ,they buy the tickets in hope period.

http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/gale/20040121taxcuts.htm

Answer 5

No - poverty is less deep because of liberal policies.
The poor no longer live in unheated dirt floor shacks without refrigeration, with unshod, unschooled children.
Poverty is now defined by food insecurity( no forward looking certainty of a meal) and inability to buy medical and dental care.

Still working on it.

Answer 6

No but it's documented that poverty rates have increased under the last 6 1/2 years of republican control

Answer 7

No, but you know more about poor minorities because of them.

Answer 8

Yes, I believe there are. There is no encouragement to better oneself with the general welfare policies that we had throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s. Human nature is to take the easy route but here in the US that comes at a cost. Generation after generation dependent on government handouts is a formula for keeping the poor poor....

Answer 9

We have poor minorities because the Democrats keep importing them.

Answer 10

Yes. How, exactly, is it in the best interests of blacks to be taught in "eubonics"? Or for Latinos to be taught in Spanish, never learning English? What kind of future do these people have, if they are lacking even basic communication skills??

Sorry, soup - never have listened to Rush.