I don't agree with this: "No actions of the Republican Party within the past 20-30 years are positive for black folks." Republicans have led the way on school choice. And, laugh if you will (and you will), the Ryan/Trump tax cuts for corporations, small businesses, and pass through businesses that employ lots of people as well as deregulation played a big part in increasing median income, reducing poverty, and driving unemployment for black Americans down to the lowest levels since at least the early 1970's. That was admittedly before Covid. From the Wall Street Journal --
Real median U.S. household income last year (2019) rose by $4,379 to $68,709. In dollar amounts, this is nearly 50% more than during the eight years of Barack Obama’s Presidency.
....lower and middle-income folks were also finally sharing more in the country’s growing wealth. Notably, median household incomes increased more among Hispanics (7.1%), blacks (7.9%), Asians (10.6%) and foreign-born workers (8.5%) versus whites (5.7%) and native-born Americans (6.2%).
Poverty fell 1.3 percentage points last year to 10.5%, the lowest level since 1959, and declined more for blacks (2 percentage points), Hispanics (1.8), Asians (2.8), single mothers (2.6), people with a disability (3.2), and no high-school diploma (2.2). The black (18.8%) and Hispanic (15.7%) poverty rates were the lowest in history.
These income gains weren’t magical. Policy changes mattered. The Obama Administration’s obsession with income redistribution and regulation retarded business investment and economic growth. This in turn led to slower income growth for most Americans.
Business investment and hiring increased amid the Trump Administration’s deregulation and the GOP’s 2017 tax reform that unleashed animal spirits. New business applications increased twice as much during the first two years of the Trump Presidency versus the last two Obama years, other Census data show.
Employers competed for workers by increasing wages and digging deeper into applicant pools by hiring folks with disabilities, less education and even criminal records. Rising economic growth lifted all classes. The record of his first three years are why voters still give President Trump an edge over Joe Biden on the economy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hig...th-11600298577
Originally Posted by Tiny
Since we are talking percentages, how many Blacks would you guess are aware of those statistics? As we see our very own 1BlackMan1 either isn't aware of them or dealing in disinformation is more important to him then telling the truth. A common trait on the left.
Munchie, SF, 1Blackman1, all proud of the fact that they have no interest in hearing anything beyond what they want to believe. You try to show them evidence and they say they are not interested and that is typical.