While Donald Trump likes to present himself as the greatest president for Black Americans, he has in fact been extremely harmful to Black people. Here are 10 ways Black Americans are losing under the Trump.
The Trump administration would like to make cuts to Social Security. Social Security “has reduced the economic disparities between African American and white families” ( @urbaninstitute). Disability benefits are also particularly important to Black people. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/12/18260271/trump-medicaid-social-security-medicare-budget-cuts">https://www.vox.com/policy-an...
The Trump tax cuts “supercharge[d] an already massive racial wealth divide.” “More than 40% of all tax cuts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act go to the White households in the top 5% of earners (with incomes of $243,000 or more)”. https://prosperitynow.org/resources/race-wealth-and-taxes">https://prosperitynow.org/resources...
We have gone for the longest period in history without an increase to the federal minimum wage. An increase in the minimum wage would increase the pay of over 2 million Black workers. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2018/pdf/home.pdf">https://www.bls.gov/opub/repo...
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