Frederick Meekins
Jan. 29, 2005
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.
This is the conclusion of 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.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick B. Meekins
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