Geraldo Rivera: Debt Ceiling Debate is Also About Race
Fox News ^ | Aug 2 2011 | Geraldo Rivera ________________________
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The deep dark secret underlying the Kamikaze debate over the debt ceiling is that it is as much about race as it is about competing political philosophies. The nation is roughly divided in half; the have’s that pay taxes and have not’s who do not. Most of the have’s are white; most of the have not’s are not. When the have’s say they are sick of paying for bloated government, they are saying in effect that they are sick of paying for a vast social safety net that disproportionately protects black and brown people. They are not racists, but the shrink government movement championed by the Tea Party has a racial impact.
For example, everybody got hit by the Great Recession; but the impact on black and brown communities is far more severe. Take unemployment benefits. Proportionally, who would be hurt by limiting the current 99 weeks of eligibility? Since only 7.9% of whites are out of work, compared to 16.1% of blacks and 11.3% of Latinos, the answer is self-evident.
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I really hope the entire govt collapses at this point. Fuck every disgusting leech and parasite sucking this nation dry, whatever color they are.