[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] admitting the failure of government policies that have effectively destroyed the black family in America and have resulted in a 73% out-of-wedlock birthrate, a high school dropout rate in excess of 50% and the creation of a permanent underclass in this country.
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What makes your think that without those government policies things would not be even worse?[/quote]
Brian: Uh, because things were better BEFORE those policies? We’ve seen a massive hollowing out effect take place and much of it is attributable to the perverse incentives contained in those same government programs and policies.
The statistics certainly bear this out. Compare the astronomical sums spent versus the results. It isn’t rocket science.
You have advanced the “What’s the Matter with Kansas” argument before, asking why poor whites seem to vote against their self-interest. I’d ask “What’s the Matter with Detroit” in retort. Blacks in this country have been voting against their LONG-TERM self interest for decades.
It’s all of a piece and it doesn’t have shit to do with racism, as pri slyly implied.
