Santorum tells Iowans: ???I don???t want to make black people???s lives better???

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Ouch! His campaign manager needs to coach a bit more, not a smart thing to say.

Speaking to Republicans in Iowa on Monday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) said his administration would reform welfare to the point that it would offer no welfare at all.

After suggesting that an expansion of Medicare is really just a plot to make voters more ???dependent??? on Washington, Santorum added: ???I don???t want to make black people???s lives better by giving them other people???s money.???

???I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn their money and provide for themselves and their families,??? he added. ???The best way to do that is to get the manufacturing sector of the economy rolling.???

One thing he likely overlooked: white Americans account for the largest percentage of welfare payments each month, mostly because they make up the largest sector of the population.

Welfare is defined by the government as benefits funded by tax dollars, meaning that programs like Social Security, food stamps, veterans benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment and corporate bailouts all fall under that term.

What Santorum seemed to focus on, as many conservatives do, is that black people are disproportionately represented in welfare statistics, along with Latinos, as both populations have much higher rates of poverty than whites.

According to the University of Michigan???s National Poverty Center, 27.4 percent of blacks and 26.6 percent of Hispanics were living in poverty in 2010, compared to 9.9 percent of whites. Unemployment statistics between the racial demographics are similarly skewed.

Despite the factually flawed nature of Santorum???s pitch on Monday, the underlying logic of his pitch is abundantly clear: census data shows that over 91 percent of Iowans are white, a community Santorum must desperately appeal to if he wants a win in Tuesday???s caucuses.

This video is from CBS News, broadcast Monday, January 2, 2012.

 

[KILLEROFSAINTS]

i like him

 

[DOMS]

Ouch! His campaign manager needs to coach a bit more, not a smart thing to say.

"One thing he likely overlooked: white Americans account for the largest percentage of welfare payments each month, mostly because they make up the largest sector of the population."

In absolute numbers, but not per capita.

 

[irish_2003]

he just won my vote......

 

[fitter420]

he just won my vote......

 

[LAM]

Ouch! His campaign manager needs to coach a bit more, not a smart thing to say.

americans are suckers for still allowing race to divide them as if religion isn't enough to cause problems with policy. extreme income inequality leads to slower economic growth, shorter periods of positive economic expansion and more bubble/burst cycles as the capitalists at the top have to resort to extreme measures to earn significant returns on their stateside investments due to low funds rates out of the FRB.

states with high populations of babyboomers and inequality (varies from state to state) will suffer the most from housing surpluses and declining home wealth as boomers sell property to fund retirement. the central bank was supposed to raise interest rates by 2% over 2 years ago but can't. to many people are riding on the line of to much home debt combined with stagnant wages. when the banks crashed in 29 it took 30 years for interest rates to reach double digits which is really the real inflation rate + about 2-3%. you can see the decline in the funds rate out of the central bank steadily decline since the 80's when incomes started to stagnate and the tax code was made less progressive.

americans in general are just simply horrible at math. it would be funny if it was another country, but it's not.

 

[ExLe]

he just won my vote......

^^^^

No wonder he is surging in the polls now...

 

[IronAddict]

For once he's just being honest! And that turd is an elected official!?

Never mind corporate welfare, that seems to be okay, though.

Employers may not legally discriminate because of a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, sex, disability, arrest or conviction record, marital status, sexual orientation, military status and use or nonuse of lawful products away from work.

Unless you're a politician running for the presidency, then you get a pass.

You can foment/stroke peoples deep down hatred for other human beings that reside in your own country.

This is just the first step of their 25 point program.

 

[ExLe]

For once he's just being honest! And that turd is an elected official!?

Never mind corporate welfare, that seems to be okay, though.

Employers may not legally discriminate because of a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, sex, disability, arrest or conviction record, marital status, sexual orientation, military status and use or nonuse of lawful products away from work.

Unless you're a politician running for the presidency, then you get a pass.

You can foment/stroke peoples deep down hatred for other human beings that reside in your own country.

This is just the first step of their 25 point program.

Santorum is not an elected official...

He was an elected official, a former Senator...

Funny how Dems get a pass when they say they want to help the black community by funding more welfare programs, people don't scream racism as this suggest blacks need welfare to help the black community...

But if a Republican mentions blacks and welfare everyone screams racism...

 

[CG]

I can honestly say the more I grow up, the less poor I get, the less I identify with democrats.

Barry done fucked me up pretty good too lol. Obamacare was nice when I had it, then again, barry's actions directly led to me being on obamacare, so in a sense, I definitely earned it lol

 

[LAM]

But if a Republican mentions blacks and welfare everyone screams racism...

those on the far right like Newt spouts the standard conservative social darwinism bs as if US history and economics and the invisible hand of capital have no role.

the progressive era in the US ended in the late 70's-1980. US blacks obtained voting rights in '65 and desegregation occurred shortly after. so that's pretty much 10 years that blacks in the US had to "come up" since the Bill of Rights was passed in the late 1700's. labor unions in the US were and still comprise the highest amounts of blacks at like 25% of membership, now at the OECD low with a national 13% participation rate. since the 80's the US tax code has been made less progressive as the overall US tax code is now only slightly progressive since top rates have been decreased since the 80's. a progressive tax structure is how the middle class is "made" in any republic with a market economy. with out a progressive tax structure there is a few at the top that maintain most of a country's wealth, a very small middle class and a large percentage of poor.

so is it excuses or simply US history and macroeconomics?

minorities in the US are only slightly over the pareto 20%

US Overall Poverty Rates:

Whites 13% of the White Population
Blacks 27% of the Black Population
Hispanics 26% of the Hispanic Population

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf

 

[IronAddict]

Santorum is not an elected official...

He was an elected official, a former Senator...

Funny how Dems get a pass when they say they want to help the black community by funding more welfare programs, people don't scream racism as this suggest blacks need welfare to help the black community...

But if a Republican mentions blacks and welfare everyone screams racism...

True that, my bust. That was implied, though.

Help and not help are polar opposites. It's just the way you look it.

It depends on how it's implied.

 

[DOMS]

Santorum is not an elected official...

He was an elected official, a former Senator...

Funny how Dems get a pass when they say they want to help the black community by funding more welfare programs, people don't scream racism as this suggest blacks need welfare to help the black community...

But if a Republican mentions blacks and welfare everyone screams racism...

No doubt. When Katrina hit, and every politician in Louisiana dropped the ball, a Senator from that state threatened the President with physical violence. Fucker got a free pass. If a white senator did that to Obama now, it'd be called racist an the guy would lose his job.