drinkwine732Posts: 20,418destroyer of motherfuckers
I wouldn't say that they expect handouts now, but they expect the government to help them live the lifestyle that people expect when they live in America. We talk so much about how we are better than everyone else. Freedom this, opportunity that. Since we want to achieve those ideals, we create programs to help the poor, etc. Statistically, the poor are black and Hispanic.
It's not that minorities want handouts, it's that all the poor people in this country are minorities.
all the poor people in this country are minorities.
No
There isn't a single white poor person in this country. That's what I said. Context sucks.
you have no idea what you're talking about. That statement displays gross ignorance, almost at a todd akin level.
You have no idea what you're talking about. You completely did not understand my initial statement, and then took a part of it out of context.
I said that a statistically disproportionate amount of the nation's poor are minorities. The poverty rate is higher for blacks and Hispanics than it is for other demographics. Is that statement at a Todd Akin level?
there are plenty of white homeless/poor people....
Yes. It's around 50% of the poor population, actually, but when the white population in America is over 75%, and they're splitting the poverty population in half with blacks, Hispanics, etc, that's a disproportion.
I was trying to say that I disagree with the statement of "minorities want handouts," because it's not their being a minority that makes them want to be a handout, it's that in America, a great deal of minorities are poor.
EDIT: Huh, turns out the population percentage is actually 64% now, down from 75% in 2000. Still, 14% is pretty big.
WakeOfAshesPosts: 21,665destroyer of motherfuckers
These people are stupid. Don't they know what happened the last time someone petitioned the federal government to leave the union under their constitutional right? The sitting president instituted slavery and then invaded those states butchering 700,000 people in the single most deadliest war for Americans. So yeah- Good fucking idea Einsteins. You'd have better luck starting your own under ground army and then invading Washington DC and the states that have major military bases. That's what I would do anyways if I was as crazy as these people.
anyone the signs a petition such as this, should be arrested for treason imo. its like all those frogs that think Quebec should be their own country.
=D> =D>
although that is slightly extreme but IMO it's ridiculous that some people wanna abandoned the greatest country in the world (IMO of course) during some rough times. they don't sound like true americans to me. if they want out then they should just leave on their own and go somewhere else.
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It's not that minorities want handouts, it's that all the poor people in this country are minorities.
That's what I said. Context sucks.
I said that a statistically disproportionate amount of the nation's poor are minorities. The poverty rate is higher for blacks and Hispanics than it is for other demographics. Is that statement at a Todd Akin level?
I was trying to say that I disagree with the statement of "minorities want handouts," because it's not their being a minority that makes them want to be a handout, it's that in America, a great deal of minorities are poor.
EDIT: Huh, turns out the population percentage is actually 64% now, down from 75% in 2000. Still, 14% is pretty big.
although that is slightly extreme but IMO it's ridiculous that some people wanna abandoned the greatest country in the world (IMO of course) during some rough times. they don't sound like true americans to me. if they want out then they should just leave on their own and go somewhere else.