Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food aid

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-black-people-paychecks-not-food-aid-234405279.html

Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food aid

By SUZANNE GAMBOA | AP – 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps.

Gingrich told a town hall meeting at a senior center in Plymouth, N.H., that if the NAACP invites him to its annual convention this year, he'd go there and talk about "why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps."

He also said he'd pitch a new Social Security program aimed at helping young people, particularly African-American males, who he said get the smallest return on Social Security.

Gingrich routinely lambasts President Barack Obama as the "best food stamp president in American history." He also has spoken previously about welcoming an invitation from the NAACP to speak and has been critical of GOP candidates who have not accepted such an invitation.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had no immediate comment on Gingrich's remarks. His campaign spokesman, R.C. Hammond, said the former Georgia congressman has often said the GOP needs to be inclusive of all Americans.

"He has said since he became a presidential candidate that any Republican should always accept an invitation to speak to the NAACP on any topic," Hammond said.

Gingrich's comments follow those by rival candidate Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania who said Sunday that he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money."

Santorum's comments were criticized by National Urban League President Marc H. Morial as pandering to racist elements within the GOP. Morial also said that 70 percent of people on food stamps are white. The Agriculture Department does not break down food stamp participation rates by race.

NAACP President Ben Jealous also criticized Santorum's remarks.

Food stamp participation and costs have risen under Obama, from 28.2 million participants at a cost of $37.6 billion in 2008 to 44.7 million participants at a cost of $75.3 billion last year, according to federal data of what is officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The increases followed the steep economic downturn that began in 2008.

Gingrich said if he has a chance to go before the NAACP, he would explain a "brand-new Social Security opportunity" for young people, "which would be particularly good for African-American males, because they are the group that gets the smallest return on Social Security."

Edited January 6, 2012 by Why_Me

[bigdog 376]

i learned from a fellow employee who is in Ca, if you apply for Social Security in California, there are lines for 20 other recipients in addition to your's. I think I need to research this. Funny when I was laid off in Ca,many years ago, I could not get unemployment due to a prior state disability retirement, but still pay for it every month, go figure.

[^_^ 5,021]

black people *grumble grumble*

/republitard

[El Cachalote 12]

How unfortunate the "Grinch" thinks this way! We still have a long way to go in this 21st century!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

How unfortunate the "Grinch" thinks this way! We still have a long way to go in this 21st century!

Thinks what way? It sounds like he wants to help with jobs. I can't see any bad in that.

[slim 1,530]

Thinks what way? It sounds like he wants to help with jobs. I can't see any bad in that.

You can't because you're white. Nor can I. Nor can anyone else who's white.

But, anyone who's colored will be all over this. RACIST!!! How dare he said he'd rather put people to work than give them free money. RACIST!!! And it's racist because he said it to colored people about colored people. Had he said it to whites about whites, it wouldn't have been racist at all. It would've been progressive!

[Danno 1,228]

ON the one hand Black folks complain that "their community" is without employment, training, opportunity, in their need they ask (reasonably) that we consider them uniquely.

When a White points out the same things, the question always arrises.... "Why did he single out Blacks?"

Blacks have a unique set of problems and obstacles, many of the same problems that hurt the White demographic ...are killing the black demographic because they often come in multiples.

Conservatives believe for most people and the community, being a ward of the State is destructive both personally and socially.

Black folks are much more often dependent on the Govt .....less dependent on themselves and with the crumbling of Black families... less dependent on each other

thus we have a community in many ways, in a free fall which is why (for the most part) no one wants to live in any area where the Black population hits the "tipping point." (Libs included)

This whole subject is a political minefield ... which is why the only politicians who will touch it are those with more "help" to create even more dependency.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

ON the one hand Black folks complain that "their community" is without employment, training, opportunity, in their need they ask (reasonably) that we consider them uniquely.

When a White points out the same things, the question always arrises.... "Why did he single out Blacks?"

Blacks have a unique set of problems and obstacles, many of the same problems that hurt the White demographic ...are killing the black demographic because they often come in multiples.

Conservatives believe for most people and the community, being a ward of the State is destructive both personally and socially.

Black folks are much more often dependent on the Govt .....less dependent on themselves and with the crumbling of Black families... less dependent on each other

thus we have a community in many ways, in a free fall which is why (for the most part) no one wants to live in any area where the Black population hits the "tipping point." (Libs included)

This whole subject is a political minefield ... which is why the only politicians who will touch it are those with more "help" to create even more dependency.

I find it ironic that a lot of "trendy libs" call something like this racist, yet they wouldn't live in a black neighborhood for all the money in the world. Go figure eh.

[slim 1,530]

The irony is Newt Gingrich has done more for black people than all the rhyming reverands combined. Yet he'll be called a racist while they'll skate by "still trying to help."

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

ON the one hand Black folks complain that "their community" is without employment, training, opportunity, in their need they ask (reasonably) that we consider them uniquely.

When a White points out the same things, the question always arrises.... "Why did he single out Blacks?"

Blacks have a unique set of problems and obstacles, many of the same problems that hurt the White demographic ...are killing the black demographic because they often come in multiples.

Conservatives believe for most people and the community, being a ward of the State is destructive both personally and socially.

Black folks are much more often dependent on the Govt .....less dependent on themselves and with the crumbling of Black families... less dependent on each other

thus we have a community in many ways, in a free fall which is why (for the most part) no one wants to live in any area where the Black population hits the "tipping point." (Libs included)

This whole subject is a political minefield ... which is why the only politicians who will touch it are those with more "help" to create even more dependency.

Being a Black person, I say this is a bunch of BULl SHYTH. How many Blacks do you know are being taken care of by the govt. Personally, I don't know of any.

Edited January 6, 2012 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[Danno 1,228]

Being a Black person, I say this is a bunch of BULl SHYTH. How many Blacks do you know are being taken care of by the govt. Personally, I don't know of any.

You are either full of B.S. or extremely out of touch with both your community and statical facts.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

You are either full of B.S. or extremely out of touch with both your community and statical facts.

I live in the largest Black county in the US, so no I am not out of touch, it's you'll that read and aceppt only whats put in print. I have seen proverty in All races, so proverty doesn't just affect Blacks.

The community that I live in the average income is $50,000 and everyone owns their home. You need to get out more, maybe you will see the truth.

Edited January 6, 2012 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I live in the largest Black county in the US, so no I am not out of touch, it's you'll that read and aceppt only whats put in print. I have seen proverty in All races, so proverty doesn't just affect Blacks.

The community that I live in the average income is $50,000 and everyone owns their home. You need to get out more, maybe you will see the truth.

I take it you don't live on the west coast. Travel to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Oakland, etc... and you will see entire black neighborhoods that almost live entirely on welfare and drug dealing all the while they are driving $30,000+ cars and wearing enough gold to weight down a oil tanker, yet live in complete slums/project housing. You can walk through those neighborhoods at 9am and everyone seems to be sleeping, and then walk through the same neighborhood at 3am and it's like party on. They tend to keep the same hours as vampires.

[Danno 1,228]

I live in the largest Black county in the US, so no I am not out of touch, it's you'll that read and aceppt only whats put in print. I have seen proverty in All races, so proverty doesn't just affect Blacks.

The community that I live in the average income is $50,000 and everyone owns their home. You need to get out more, maybe you will see the truth.

Who said poverty only effects Blacks?

PLease read what I write without assuming I mean something else.

90% of Black children will be on food stamps at sometime....... are you that out of touch with the Black community that you only know those 10% of children who will never use food stamps?

91% of single headed house hold will also use food stamps.

Black illegitimacy rate is in the 70% now.

Put this puzzle together and you will see it has everything to do with family structure.

Again, I am not attacking Black people for the color of their skin..... I am attacking what has become known as Black Culture.

It is destructive first to the Blacks, secondly to the society at large.

Sadly this culture is something new and I suspect the cradle of it has been -Those who have benefited from it, from without and within.

A great American Booker T Washington wrote about some, quite starkly.

“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs – partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

-Booker T Washington

Edited January 6, 2012 by Danno

[kytwell 179]

I live in the largest Black county in the US, so no I am not out of touch, it's you'll that read and aceppt only whats put in print. I have seen proverty in All races, so proverty doesn't just affect Blacks.

The community that I live in the average income is $50,000 and everyone owns their home. You need to get out more, maybe you will see the truth.

Either you don't live in Jefferson county or you are in a gated community there.

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2010, the population was 7,726. Its county seat is Fayette. Jefferson County has the highest percentage of African Americans of any county in the United States, as well as the most statistically obese in the nation. It is also one of the poorest counties in the nation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Mississippi

Jefferson County, Mississippi

Median household income 2009 $23,335

Persons below poverty level 2009 33.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $67,100

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28063.html

Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $20,052,000

Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,051,000

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/county/Jefferson_County-MS.html#ixzz1ihXT1CsE