Joe Walsh's Racist Remarks Exemplify GOP Bigotry and Blame Shifting
Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., has again inserted foot into mouth by making some ignorant comments in regard to Hispanics, blacks and welfare. Last week at a Town Hall meeting, Walsh told constituents the Democratic Party wants Hispanics and blacks to be dependent on government and also said civil rights leader Jesse Jackson wants the same thing.
“Jesse Jackson would be out of work if (blacks) weren’t dependent on government,” Walsh said.
On Friday, Walsh had the opportunity to apologize on the “Big John & Amy” radio show but instead, as reported by the Chicagoist, he stepped in even deeper saying, “All Jesse Jackson is trying to do is to keep African-Americans down on some plantation.”
Walsh’s bigotry is not only disheartening, it’s wrong. He’s following a number of Republicans who seem to believe nonwhites make up the majority of Americans who are on welfare. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have made similar comments, and in January, the Chicago Tribune reported statistics that fly in the face of the stereotypical image of the “black ‘welfare mother’ having out-of-wedlock babies so she can stay home and live large off the taxpayers.”
The majority of food stamp recipients are white, but these bigoted men seem to be incapable of comprehending the reality in America today. Many Republicans seem to want to blame the state of the economy on government public assistance programs, but perhaps they’re just trying to shift the blame from the real culprit: corporate welfare.
Conservatives seem to have a problem helping individuals and families in true need, but they don’t have a problem with big tax breaks to rich corporations.
Gingrich had the gall to comment that black Americans should demand jobs, but not food stamps, yet according to the Washington Examiner, his consulting firm received $1.6 million in fees from the government-sponsored enterprise Freddie Mac.
Gingrich, Walsh and the majority of conservatives seem to pick and choose when they want the government’s help and when they don’t to suit their agenda. They drive the same government-funded highways we all do, and also rely on firefighters and police to protect us.
The picture is quite clear. The GOP is all about big corporations and the wealthy. It can try to shift the blame by using smoke and mirrors but eventually the truth comes out.
http://news.yahoo.com/joe-walshs-racist-…00380.html
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“In January, the Chicago Tribune reported statistics that fly in the face of the stereotypical image of the “black ‘welfare mother’ having out-of-wedlock babies so she can stay home and live large off the taxpayers.”
“The majority of food stamp recipients are white, but these bigoted men seem to be incapable of comprehending the reality in America today.”
I do see a bit of creative data analysis here by the author..
Food Stamp Recipients: 36% White/80.0% of population is White, 22% Black/ 12.9% of the population is Black, and 10% Hispanic/15.1% of the population is Hispanic.
Looking at the ratios of %FS recipients/% of population the statistic turn out like this:
Whites 0.45
Blacks 1.83
Hispan 0.66
On a % basis, Blacks are 4X as likely as whites to receive food stamps and Blacks are 3X as likely as Hispanics to receive food stamps. There are 6X as many whites than Blacks and 1.2X as many Hispanics than Blacks. So naturally more Whites receive food stamps, 8 of 10 Americans are White. Duh? Also, if Backs are the lowest % of population between White, Black and Hispanic, why do they receive, percentage-wise, 3X-4X as much as the other two?
“Many Republicans seem to want to blame the state of the economy on government public assistance programs, but perhaps they’re just trying to shift the blame from the real culprit: corporate welfare.”
And who was it that gave Billions of dollars in government backed low interest loans to connected friends in the Green Energy business’, most of which are failing, firing workers and will be unable to pay back? It wasn’t the Republicans. It was the man in the White House, a Democrat backed by all his fellow Democrats in Congress.
I used to be a Statistician. I see too often where factual analysis is misinterpreted, distorted or just plain made up. At my job, I was sometimes requested to make the data look better than it really was. It is not difficult at all,if you know how to put the right spin on it and still keep it believable. Most people take what they are told as truth, especially if they are predisposed to want to believe it. Very few will go out of their way to check the facts and calculations themselves. So, there are really good odds in telling BS and getting away with it.
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point.
How well do you really trust those that are feeding you all this?
Trust, but verify is all I can suggest to you.