PrintApril 25, 2011
The Racialization of Deficit Cutting
Race is increasingly infusing the current debate over federal spending and the soaring national debt. This is what lies at the heart of accusing the Tea Party of "racism." Needless to say, this racial element bodes poorly for solving our debt crisis.The modern civil rights movement was initially about personal liberty -- from attending schools of one's choosing, to sitting wherever one chose on a bus and being able to vote regardless of skin color, among myriad other liberties. Yes, expanded federal power was vital but intercessions such as affirmative action were, supposedly, only temporary legal steps to guarantee African Americans options heretofore available only to whites. With time, however, relatively cheap government edicts were replaced by expensive entitlements. Expanding the Great Society's anti-poverty programs became a way of life. Opening up the housing market evolved from anti-discrimination laws to the right to government-supplied decent housing, and if...(Read Full Article)
