Minority jobs

While the Obama years have not helped the blacks as their wages have stagnated and their unemployment rate is twice that of white, they will continue to support democrats because they receive 42% of government assistance programs even though they represent only 12% of the population. They are twice as likely to receive social security disability benefits and 4 times more likely to receive SSI benefits. These are social security checks sent to low income people to help pay for medical expenses. The black participation rate was followed by Hispanics at 36.4 percent, Asians or Pacific Islanders at 17.8 percent, and non-Hispanic whites at 13.2 percent. The basis for these distortions is the fact that blacks and Hispanics have lower paying jobs or no jobs and so the solution to this problem is not sending them more government checks but getting them good paying jobs. The labor participation rate has declined and thus more people are relying on government checks. Here is one example: In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government. Blacks represent 23% of these recipients when they are 12% of the population.