Tuesday, November 17, 2009

South Side Lashing Out at Obama


"The situation is horrendous and getting worse. The official rate is 10.2 percent. But factor in those who have given up and those who are forced to work part-time, and the real rate is closer to 18 percent. The official rate among African Americans is 15.7 percent. Add in those who have given up and those forced to work part-time, and it nears one in four African Americans. For teenagers of all races, the official rate is 27.6 percent. For African-American teens, that number is closer to 50 percent. Unemployment is the worst since 1983. This catastrophe decimates the middle class -- particularly the emerging middle class among blacks and Latinos. ..."

How bad is it, when Jesse Jackson starts calling Hopey out? Pretty frick'n bad.


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