Another stupid conservative comments.
"Our society is such that minorities don't become elderly the way white people do; they die first."
-- John Tanner, top voting rights official at the Justice Department, explaining why photo ID requirements do not disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters.
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Actually, in the context of Social Security, he's right. Minorities receive less in Social Security because of the shorter life expectancy, and whites benefit as a result.
Just a tidbit from the actuarial tables.
However, in the context it was a crude statement.
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