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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
There is a theory that the massive program of state welfare targeted particularly at single mothers of African American descent during I believe LBJ (The Great Society?) caused this. In other words, after the handouts started to be based on familial status and not need, the incentive to maintain a nuclear family disappeared. In fact, the more kids you have the more you receive.
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Luckily we have actual data to look at which shows the
birthrate among black women plummeted from 1960-1990:
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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
Just look at Crook County and Illinois, the same voters have elected Democrat after Democrate despite literally no change in their lot in life. No improvement, for decades. In fact, Berrios, Madigan, the Daleys, et. al. have done nothing, but patronize the African American (and poor population at large).
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This is not evidence that voting for a different party would leave these people better off. Texas is heavily Republican and has high uninsured rates, low educational attainment, and high poverty rates. Trying to couch everything as a political talking point doesn't get anyone closer to a solution.
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