Congressional Black Caucus members, who are all Democrats, flipped out the race card in the talks on the sequester Monday and said minorities will be unfairly and disproportionately impacted.
“Sequestration will impact everyone, but it will have a particularly harmful effect on communities of color who were hit first and worst by the great recession, and have yet to significantly feel the effects of the recovery,” said Rep. Barbara Lee, in The Hill.
The CBC also said women would be disproportionately hurt by the $85 billion planned cuts, The Hill reports. The reason? More women and minorities hold government jobs, CBC members said. And more will be hurt by cuts to unemployment insurance.
“African-Americans are more likely to work in the public sector, where the jobs are going to be cut,” said Del. Donna Christensen, who represents the Virgin Islands, in The Hill. “We already have the highest unemployment, and will be severely hurt by the reduction in unemployment benefits.”
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So, due to affirmative action (reverse discrimination) minorities got jobs BEFORE others. And, now, minorities are attempting to protect minorities OVER others (again reverse discrimination)? You can't have it both ways! Neither is fair anymore. Equal Opportunity Employment should be just that - EQUAL!
All this 'social justice' stuff is garbage. And discriminating.
EQUAL justice is the only thing that truly works without discriminating.
A lot of those gimme jobs should be eliminated in the first place. I've seen some of the oxygen-wasting ineptitude drawing a government paycheck...they couldn't get a job that would require a real skillset and interviews.....
Same observation here 12:23
There so many flaws and lies in that her statement that I don't have enough time to call her every name I would like....Suffice it to say SHE should be first in line for those "unfair" job cuts.
Just another box of chocolates please. With this box you will always know what you will get. Forrest Gump for president.
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