The Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is a negative force today for many reasons Their championship of affirmative action Affirmative action is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the act outlawed all sorts of discrimination against anyone based on race, gender, and religion, and included desegregation of public schools. Affirmative action was originally meant to increase opportunity has turned into something that favors one race or gender over another, thus discriminating the non-preferred groups. What we see today is that if an employer has two possible job candidates, one is a white male; the other is a black female". due to these affirmative action policies, the employer will prefer the black woman to be hired over the Caucasian male, even if the woman is less qualified for the job. Resulting from this is that the employer may not have the qualified employee he needs, and the well qualified man will not have the job he is qualified for and also needs. Thomas Sowell has theorized that affirmative action policies encourage members of non-preferred groups to classify themselves as members of preferred groups, thus reaping the benefits or affirmative action. He makes the case that members of the middle to upper class of the black community reap the most benefits, as they are considered members of the preferred groups by race, while non-preferred groups such as poor Caucasians cannot receive any of these benefits. The fact of the matter is that affirmative action policies are based on race, and not economic situation. Their support in raising Minimum wage Democrats argue that raising the minimum wage boosts the economy without costing jobs. However, Congress had already tried this when they applied the 2007 minimum wage increase to American Samoa. Despite increasing Samoa"s minimum wage, it did not boost consumer spending, stimulate the economy, or create jobs. It did not even boost pay. Samoan unemployment jumped from 5 percent to 36 percent. Wages actually fell 11% due to inflation. An increased minimum wage simply provides no net stimulus. Businesses will not pay workers more than the value they create thus leaving to laying off their workers increasing unemployment rates. Their support for more gun control Gun control laws won"t stop mass shootings. In nearly all these cases, however, more restrictive gun laws would not have stopped the shooters from legally obtaining a firearm. Less than 1% of gun crime are committed by assault weapons (despite many gun control regulations aimed at assault weapons). Most mass shootings are perpetrated individuals with little to no history of insanity or violence. It is also proven that guns are the most effective means of self-defense. Studies show that there is a correlation with an increase in guns with a decrease in crime. Gun laws haven"t worked in the U.S. A recent study by Quinnipiac University studied 30 years of statistics, and determined that stricter gun control laws have not correlated with a reduction in crime. A notable examples of such failures include Chicago. A Harvard University study debunked the myth that the rate of intentional deaths is higher in the U.S. than in countries with restrictive gun control laws. Multiple statistic simply proves that the ability to legally obtain guns have little correlation with murders. Sources https://www.nps.gov... http://www.ontheissues.org... https://plato.stanford.edu... http://www.google.com... http://www.gao.gov... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.gunfacts.info...