The GOP nominee's proposal would be twice as bad as Paul Ryan's for people of color and for the country, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines. [5]
We all know that Paul Ryan's budget would be a disaster for people of color [6]. The bad news is that Mitt Romney's plan is even worse, twice as bad in fact. A middle-of-the-road analysis by the non-partisan Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) concludes that Governor Romney's budget proposal would require $10 trillion in cuts [7] vs. Ryan's $5 trillion. The unimaginable size and speed of his rollback would fall hardest and fastest on those that can least afford it.
Blacks and Latinos—with depression-level unemployment [8] and the lowest level of wealth in these communities on record—would struggle to endure this catastrophic slash and burn scheme. Romney's plan, unleashed during the worst recession in almost a hundred years, would take the present desperate situation to a place that's difficult to imagine. Yesterday's poverty report [9] only underscores the point.
Read Imara Jones' entire piece at Colorlines. [5]
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