The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

“As you know, there has been plenty of debate over the Republican Party’s efforts to attract black support for partial Social Security privatization. Liberals often bring up various black statistics in an attempt to buttress their claims. They have it backwards. It is precisely because 40% of black Americans rely upon Social Security as their sole source of retirement income, and the higher black rates of child survivor and disability benefits that the system’s privatization will disproportionately benefit black folks (aside from the life expectancy issue). That means black folks…”(more)