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President Obama said that if economic prescriptions of the type he supports to increase economic growth and reduce “income inequality” are not adopted, then race relations in the United State may deteriorate further.
“If we don’t do anything, then growth will be slower than it should be. Unemployment will not go down as fast as it should. Income inequality will continue to rise,” Obama said in an interview published Sunday by the New York Times. “Racial tensions won’t get better; they may get worse, because people will feel as if they’ve got to compete with some other group to get scraps from a shrinking pot. If the economy is growing, everybody feels invested, ” he said.
Several things come to mind from Obama's statements.
1. Why has he not done anything about unemployment? He's in his 5th year as POTUS. This should have been one of the first issues he took on as president. Remember when the House and Senate both had democrat majorities? Since then it's blame the Republican obstructionists instead of blaming himself.
2. Playing the race card again I see.
3. Is he referring to racial tensions between Black Americans and illegal immigrants? It seems he's made his choice of whom to help. Many have been saying all along illegal immigration hurts black Americans. One would have a difficult time denying it with these stats. Does Obama really think there are that many jobs to go around?
Report: Legalizing illegal immigrants to cost $6.3 trillion - Washington TimesThe Heritage Foundation said Monday that legalizing illegal immigrants would cost taxpayers a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years — releasing a report that ignited a venomous battle over an immigration bill and who is truly representing the conservative movement in the debate.
Driving the costs in the Heritage report are simple demographics: Illegal immigrants are more likely to lack a high school education, and more than a third of households headed by illegal immigrants live below the poverty line, meaning those households consume more in services than they pay in taxes.
4. So he does admit the pot is shrinking and not growing. Finally he fesses up, but its more like his statement is a Freudian slip.