Many are behind bars for drug-related offenses, never having committed a violent crime. In 1996, Congress passed the Welfare Reform Bill over the objection of critics, who called it mean-spirited. At the time, opponents predicted blood in the streets and frozen bodies in the snow. It didn't happen. Indeed, in Senator Bradley's own state of New Jersey, teen pregnancy fell dramatically without a corresponding increase in abortion.
Black people enter the labor force sooner than whites, and die earlier.
Allowing citizens to conservatively invest their own Social Security funds could net as much as a quarter of a million to half a million dollars more than one realizes form the current system. Black workers would, therefore, disproportionately benefit. Race remains an unresolved dilemma. A recent Time-CNN poll found that the majority of black teens agreed that racism remains a significant problem in America. And, a recent survey published in the Wall Street Journal discussed the rapid rate at which Asians, blacks, and Hispanics purchase homes, start businesses, and enroll in colleges.