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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
American socialism and the future generation
This Administration’s socialist economic policies have no doubt changed America as promised. Nearly a third of the population has given up on finding a job. There are more people in the US receiving some sort of government assistance than are working. We only need to look to the next generation to see what our nation will be like in 20 years. The “president’s” policies have been particularly harsh on people of color, who believed that his changes would result in better lives, better jobs, and a better future for themselves and their children. This socialist reign promises to have a dire impact on the next generation of Americans, more than on the present, as more children than ever are impoverished.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2015 Data Book on child well being says, “During the last three months of 2014, the unemployment rate for whites and Asian Americans was roughly 4.5 percent, compared with a devastating 11 percent for African Americans and 6.7 percent for Latinos…As of April 2015, 17.6 percent of African-American workers and 14.4 percent of Latino workers were jobless or working only part time when they wanted full-time work. And, rates of long- term unemployment remain high: Nearly 30 percent of unemployed workers have been jobless for more than six months.” The report points to the impact on children–22% living in poverty–a dramatic increase since the current “president” took office.
The report indicated: “One of the most troubling trends for child well-being is that the percentage of children living in concentrated poverty continues to increase. In 2000, 9 percent of children lived in census tracts where the poverty rate of the total population was 30 percent or more. That figure rose to 14 percent for the period from 2009 to 2013.” The report indicates that the unemployment rate dropping to its most recent 5.4% should improve the poverty level of America’s children. However, it does not take into consideration that the unemployment rate drop is directly related to a comparable increase in those who have given up on finding a job, with many entering the welfare system.
The current economic and social policies have harmed rather than helped the most ardent supporters of them. The report says, “Especially troubling is the steady increase in the likelihood of children growing up in a high-poverty neighborhood. At the national level, 14 percent of children lived in areas where poverty rates were higher than 30 percent in 2009-13. This is a significant increase from 11 percent in 2006-10 and 9 percent in 2000.” Socialism doesn’t work. It attempts to replace God with government. It is a bane to the existence of America, and its impact on the next generation is far reaching. Jesus said in Luke 17:2, “It would be better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he was cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.” Think about it.
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