It really has nothing to do with racism, I think. I fear that 50% of this country truly want the government to give them everything. They don’t want to work for or towards any goals. They want to sleep late, drink on the taxpayer’s dime, eat on the taxpayer’s dime, be sheltered by the taxpayer’s dime, transit on the taxpayer’s dime, communicate on the taxpayer’s dime, get “educated” on the taxpayer’s dime, and generally live on the taxpayer’s dime.
The more the taxpayers sit back and allow it to happen, the most it will continue.
I think we should bring back voting laws requiring that one owns property or has a non-government job in order to vote. Anyone who rents or leases their living quarters or works on the taxpayer’s dime should be excluded from voting. Call it slavery, Jim Crow, whatever, but it would drastically reform who sits in the leather chairs in DC.
Of course it does.
It is only one of many factors contributing to Obama's 2008 election victory and his persistent high popularity in spite of his dismal performance, but it is a factor.
In the 2008 election 96% of black voters voted for Obama. Various polls show that his suport among blacks is still above 90%. Obama could admit on national TV that he is a muslim and really does want to destroy America and institute Sharia law and blacks would still support him.
Feb 1, 2012:"The most recent ABC News-Washington Post poll found Obama’s approval rating among blacks stands at 91 percent, higher than any other surveyed demographic category. He won 96 percent of the black vote in 2008."
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/obama-targets-black-voters-in-new-campaign/