NEARLY
85% OF BLACKS
ON FOOD STAMPS
By: Frederick Meekins
This story first caught my eye in the Jan 2005 issue of the Futurist.
According to the findings, if current trends continue, nearly 85% of Black people will find themselves on Food Stamps at some point in their lives.
It is in reference to a Cornell University study
so one can hardly blame it on right-wing Republican propaganda.
And speaking of Republicans, over the past several days, a number of Republicans
(including President Bush) have stirred up a fuss that Blacks are cheated out of Social
Security because on average they do not live as long as Caucasians and such.
From this story, it seems that particular ethnic group more than makes up for it in terms
of other welfare entitlement programs though.
Are we going to release comments to the media that Food Stamps are a bad investment of
White dollars and that we should instead go to a program of privatized nutritional
accounts?
Some courageous academic or think tank scholar should do a study to determine if the
reduced statistical longevity has anything to do with the larcenous activity younger
members of this demographic are known to wallow in.
Maybe if they would behave themselves, there would be more of them around to collect their Social Security checks.
Maybe if their food stamp allowances were cut, they wouldn’t have as much time on their hands and thus have a better chance of making it to retirement since their time would be spent on work and self improvement rather than seeing how much trouble they can get into.
Interesting, isn’t it, how the government is eager to cut out a program you work
to qualify for but seems bent on expanding the scope of unearned handouts.
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Published in the January 27, 2005 issue of Ether Zone.
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