Basically, you said that black folks were enjoying steadily rising wealth and prosperity in the post-WWII period which came to a halt starting at the time that King's suggestions were tried.
Considering 1959 is in the post-war period and prior to the implementation of the War on Poverty and Great Society programs, certainly your statement that blacks were enjoying steadily rising wealth and prosperity would apply to 1959, no?
Correct. And what you said (that black folks were "enjoying prosperity and wealth" in 1959) was quite different from that, and flat wrong. Thank you for finally quoting what I said more accurately, though I never said they were "enjoying" any of this. A guy who is homeless and starving with no food, is completely miserable. If that guy gets some very-low-paying part-time job, enough to buy a few materials for a rudimentary lean-to and a very small amount of food, he still won't "enjoy" his state, though he is more "prosperous" than before. His prosperity has increased, as I said, though he is still poor, hungry, and practically homeless, and has a long way to go before he achieves a state he can "enjoy". Only if he
keeps making improvements, will his accomplishments become enjoyable.
And that's exactly what blacks were doing, before the government stepped in to "help" them. They were making steady improvements, year after year, going from dreadful poverty to plain poverty, and coming farther out of it every year. But then government stepped in at about the "plain poor" stage, and soon the improvements blacks had made in their lives, stopped improving, leaving them in the "plain poor" stage for decades afterward.
And once again looking at you poverty statistics chart, it seems to suggest that the War on Poverty, implemented in 1964 was a resounding success until the 1980s. And these were the types of programs King was speaking about.
Listen to yourself.
Blacks had been steadily and rapidly improving their lot from WWII onwards. Then poverty programs took effect in the mid to late 60s. Within a few years, black improvements had come to a halt, and remained stagnant throughout the 70s. And you call those programs a "resounding success". Who do you think you're kidding?
It's not my eyes that need checking. The evidence on the charts is clear. It's you who are completely missing what's in front of your face. The funny part is, you seem to expect others to be as myopic and (did someone say "lying?) as you are.
The liberal programs of the 60s onward, have been a complete failure, even after billions and billions have been spent. It was only tax cuts by various conservatives, that let blacks gain any small increase in wages, prosperity etc... only to be pushed back down by tax increases on people pushed into higher tax brackets by inflation, until Reagan put an end to that practice too.
And after mounting evidence of the failures of liberal program after liberal program, the audacity with which liberals STILL push the same old failed aganda, is nothing short of breathtaking. One might almost refer to them, by now, as "noxious fucks who haven't a clue". Wouldn't one?
But I don't bother referring to them as that, since I'm not a potty-mouthed adolescent who can't prove them wrong. I find it perfectly adequate to point out their programs, point out the results, and let intelligent people draw their own conclusions. And if a few people on the other side can't see what's in front of their faces, there's not much more I can do for them.
