Monday, November 5, 2012

Snippet: Who’s Voting Against Their Interests?

“The symbolic resonance of Obama's victory for black Americans has not diminished… According to Gallup 90% of African Americans intend to back him and they plan to turn out at the same rate as white voters. No other block of voters is more loyal… African Americans, as a group, are far worse off now than they were when Obama came to power and the gap between whites and blacks in terms of wealth and income has increased under Obama's tenure… black unemployment is up 11%. Meanwhile the wealth gap has doubled during this recession with the average white American now having 22 times more wealth than their black counterparts.”
-Gary Younge, 3-Nov-12 (Link)

4 comments:

  1. The vast majority of America is worse off than they were 30 years ago with 18 years of Republican and 12 years of Democratic presidencies. By this logic, we should be voting third party.

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  2. I would expect no less from a small man.

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  3. Small? That is a funny way of spelling "correct."

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