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How has the "War on Poverty" and the "War on Drugs" help blacks?

Was it worth it spending over 9 trillion dollars on these programs?

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  • 9 years ago
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    If your referring to welfare - giving people food and shelter is good - a war on drugs is useless.

  • andy
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    9 years ago

    It has kept the inner city blacks poor and living off of the government. I saw how these blacks can get bussed to a meat market and buy food with food stamps even though the market is 2 hours away.

    I am sick and tired of the "poor" having better things then I do since I am in that donut hole of income, I make too much for aid but not enough to be considered upper middle class where you have more financial freedom.

    Question, so how come most conservatives that I know don't care about color of skin, or cultural background or even who you go home to at night is considered racist? It is the liberals that keep attacking the conservatives for things that are just not true. Also, the most racist group that I have ever met have been blacks. The second most hateful group has been extreme left wing liberals who believe that if you don't agree with them then you are wrong.

    Source(s): Years of listening to DemocrayNOW, NPR, Sean Hannity, and other left and right wing talk radio.
  • The reason you lost the election and your party is irrelevant in some states now such as here in California is because of your demeaning tone, attitude and disrespectful treatment of Blacks, Latinos, Asians, gays, women, etc. Faux News lied to you and you're mad. But unless cons learn a lesson and grow up, you will continue to lose elections. This question and the dozens of others like it show you have learned nothing yet even after being humiliated just last night.

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