Watch Larry Wilmore’s awesome Takedown of Jeb Bush
Of the entire crowded field of candidates, Jeb Bush is the only person who represents this same brand of Big Tent politics and has the ability to build the broadest coalition of support in 2016. “So like in the 1950s black people had meetings to try to be more victim-y?”
“If “free” means you’ve gotten something you haven’t paid for, he comes from a legacy – he hasn’t earned the stuff that he has”, Mckesson said.
It was at least the second time he has mentioned “free stuff” while campaigning this year. A plurality of people on food stamps, for example, are white.
Black voters aren’t as well off as white voters on the whole, and they do benefit from these programs disproportionately. But public largesse helps help the existence of People of each race and sophistication – together with governors from rich households. He said he would gain their vote with “hope and aspirations”, not giving away “free stuff”.
It is arduous to calculate different advantages Bush has obtained from the federal government with any precision.
And the earnings tax returns do not present in any respect the methods wherein state and native governments have helped finance Bush’s dealings throughout his lengthy profession in actual property. The New York Times has reported that, during his father’s 12 years in elected national office, Bush frequently sought (and obtained) favors for himself, his friends, and his business associates. Bush was an early investor in the team.
With his sleeves rolled up despite the pouring rain, Bush claimed the company’s success “makes environmentalists nervous” but should be celebrated. “You hear black voters and you just think free stuff?” The subsidy is on the market to each home-owner, however few working class folks use it, since they’ll save extra by taking the normal deduction.
Now, it’s true that Bush has called for taxing homeowners on most of the interest they pay on their mortgages. Thus, cutting energy costs by reducing regulation across the board “would provide relief to those who need it most”. This shouldn’t be about high income or low income.