What do you call a millionaire U.S. Senator who would deign to blame families with 'children born out-of-wedlock' and a 'culture of entitlement' for our current economic problems? I can think of a lot of words to describe him, but let's just say he's 'out-of-touch' and is benefiting from a 'culture of privilege.' But Sen. Ron Johnson recently has gone on record actually attacking the poor and neediest in our society - and claiming things like food stamps are literally the cause, and not a symptom, our our economic ills. He also made the additional step of 'reaching out' to the African American community by suggesting that their hardships are caused by their lack of ability to get married before and while they have children. Let me state this very clearly for anyone who in this day and age still thinks that you have to have a married mommy and daddy to raise a child: There is no, I mean no evidence supporting this idea. You can infer it from high crime rates, low graduation rates, low employment rates, etc., but you would be wrong to think that there is a cause and effect relationship. In fact, research shows that the cause of these problems is due to poverty itself, and have nothing to do with the age, disability status, race, marital status, or sexual orientation of the parent (in fact, many times the caretaker is not a parent at all, but a family member or other caretaker). Single parents, minorities, and the poor deserve more than lip service from someone like Ron Johnson. He needs to carefully look at his own sense of entitlement and privilege before judging others for being poor.
Link to source: http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/ron-johnson-poor-black-people-kids-and-seniors-are-ruining-our-c
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