fewer people died on the operating table when you do it that way. for generations this is how american society ran. if you were smart and work target could compete against anyone else in america. it was true. it was called the american dream. people moved here from all over the world to partake in that system. but there was a pearl about direct political problem with it. if you have a meritocratic society it s hard to play baseball text because race plays no part in advancement. group interests are irrelevant in a meritocracy. it may sound idyllic to you, the kind of country level event. but for the democratic party it was disaster. how do you get your odors to the pulse of they re not racially grieved? it s hard. so that the tail end of the civil rights movement, democrats introduced a new concept: they called it affirmative-action. the idea was to punish or reward americans based on the color of his cabin. ironically this was precisely the evil practice of the civil rights
plus, it works well.people fewer people die on the operating table when you do it that way.when you do it for generations. this is how american society ran. if you were smart and you worked hard, you could compete. i m pretty much equal footing against anyone else in america.. they tell you that was neverallh true, but it was true. it was called the american o dream. the re moved here from allver oe the world to partake in that system. but there was a political problem with it. if you ve gooutt a mérida kraddc society, it s pretty hard to play race politics because raced to plays no role in advancement. individual initiative is what matters. group interests are irrelevant in a meritocracy. now,group in that may sound idyc to you. it may sound like the kind of country you d want to live in, but for the democraticcrat party, it was a disaster.ic p get your voters to the polls if they re not racially aggrieved? it s harde of. so at the tail end of the civilo rights move
fewer people died on the operating table when you do it that way. for generations this is how american society ran. if you were smart and work target could compete against anyone else in america. it was true. it was called the american dream. people moved here from all over the world to partake in that system. but there was a pearl about direct political problem with it. if you have a meritocratic society it s hard to play baseball text because race plays no part in advancement. group interests are irrelevant in a meritocracy. it may sound idyllic to you, the kind of country level event. but for the democratic party it was disaster. how do you get your odors to the pulse of they re not racially grieved? it s hard. so that the tail end of the civil rights movement, democrats introduced a new concept: they called it affirmative-action. the idea was to punish or reward
reward americans based on the color of their skin. ironically, thiics waally ts precisely the evil practice that the civil rights movement was designed to abolish. racial discrimination wasabos unequivocally wrong. that was the whole point of the skirmish on the edmund pettus bridge in the march on washington. oh,of the but no, said democ, slyly repainting the slogans on the bar nn. ca actually , racial discrimination can be good. it alln be depends on who s beig discriminated against. that was their argument. natedthat is still their argumet more than 50 years later. but even now, after all of this time, most people, if you buplain it clearly, don t really buy it. wait, i can t have a job orhavea get into college j, get a federl contract because i was born with the wrong skin color. and f afat sounds wrong. and , of course, the right affirmative action is wrong. it s totally immoral. it s completely unfair.y unfairand now for the first timn years, the democratic party is bei
i did my homework on this. you said the child tax credit did not lift children out of poverty. it s not true. according to columbia university, 3 million kids were lifted out of poverty july, august and september. you said people did not spend that for goods and kept it for savings which means they don t need. however, according to washington university, three quarters americans spend it on essential things like food and clothing. according to the center for budget policy, 91% of families making $35,000 or less spent it ones exactly that, essentials. help me understand where you re getting information from, because i know we both care about vulnerable kids in this country. we do and as you know, republicans in congress created the child tax credit in 1997, my first year here, to help families. and also to help reward americans and parents for rejecting as part of welfare