MID-TERM ELECTIONS

[HairOfTheDog]

The percentage of otherwise poor whites lifted from poverty by government safety-net programs is the highest, at 44 percent, compared to 35 percent of otherwise poor minorities, the comprehensive study concluded.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...83ca6a8b46

The old rhetoric suggesting that blacks are almost exclusively responsible for 'welfare culture' seemed to finally die down during the Obama administration when the facts and data were made more readily accessible.  So, I can see why a lot of informed black citizens really resent Kanye's ignorant performance for President Trump this week.

Anyway, since white rural citizens without degrees also happen to make up the bulk of Trump's base, I wouldn't expect Trump to slash welfare, especially with wannabe-slasher Paul Ryan leaving Congress at the end of the year.

Personally, I don't want to see poor rural white citizens lose government assistance anymore than I'd like to see it taken away from poor urban blacks and Hispanics.

Fortunately, when job opportunities increase and unemployment numbers decrease across demographics (as has been the case for the last several years), the number of Americans of all races requiring government assistance is reduced.