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It is relatively simple, without sacrificing the enjoyment of living for 'today' and even at moderate incomes, to retire as a millionaire or multi-millionaire, if you focus on that goal consistently from a young age. It is also simple to ensure that your child or grandchild retires rich. It merely requires a one time gift of just $2,000 invested wisely and the passage of time. Please read my first post on this blog to learn more.


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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Democratic Party – The Party of Slavery and Discrimination

Just remember that it was the Democratic Party that strongly supported slavery from the day of its creation in the early 1800s, and the Republican Party that freed them. The Democrats started the American Civil War to preserve slavery. 600,000 Americans were killed in the Civil War – far more than any other war in American history. When the bigots of the Democratic Party lost the Civil War, it was the Democratic Party who for over 100 years supported segregation, discrimination, and the suppression of voter and property rights for Blacks (to keep them on their former slave plantations). Democrats also joined the KKK in large numbers and were responsible for much violence and murder against Blacks. Democrats voted 100% against the Constitutional Amendment that made Blacks citizens, while Republicans voted 100% for it and got the Amendment passed.

In the 1960s, when the civil rights laws were passed after much violence by Southern Democrats against Blacks (and Whites) marching for its passage, 35% of Democrats voted against them to only 15% of Republicans who voted against them. Democrats did not immediately obey those new civil rights laws, with Democratic governors physically blocking Black students from entering all White colleges. The Federal government had to call out the National Guard to enable Black students to attend those All White colleges.


Since then, Democrats have been trying to overcome their sordid past by attempting to buy back the Black vote by generously increasing welfare benefits. Democratic President Lyndon Johnson described his Great Society Program (cumulative cost to date 22 trillion dollars – more than the total national debt) he was quoted as saying - "I'll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next two-hundred years". The net result is that the Democrats have destroyed Black families and engineered massive Black poverty. 3 out of every 4 Black children are born to single parent households – the engine of poverty (28% of single moms are in poverty while only 5% of married couples are in poverty). Poverty is the engine of crime (Black crime rate, including murder, is 8 times higher than the national average). The lack of fathers has led to behavior problems causing education and crime problems out of proportion to the Black population when compared to the total population, depsite the fact that we spend on average $20,000 per public school student (twice the national average) in city areas with large Black populations. The Democratic Party is akin to a dangerous, addictive drug for Blacks. For their own long term safety and well being, Blacks need to wean themselves off of this dangerous, self destructive political affiliation.
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