Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community.
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As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because my parents divorced very very young... welfare and homeless at four and then again at 16 and just not having the things or the necessary tools that society would say I needed to have in order to be any kind of success in life.
I believe in limited government. I know what the welfare state has done to the black community.
I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery.
Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African Americans.
As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.
Black people have been working hard for decades.
I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community.
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and usurp the effort of good people that are trying to make things work.
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